Pep Guardiola's Barcelona: The Greatest Team Ever

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  • @iamaheretic7829
    @iamaheretic7829 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3647

    The most shocking part of this Barca team is not the fact they were this good but the fact that half of their players and even managers were homegrown. The odds of the worlds greatest ever defenders, Midfielders and Forwards all graduting from the same academy around the same time are astronomically small. Only competitor is probably the 70s Bayern team with Gerd Muller, Beckenbauer and Sepp Maier

    • @mrmeeseeks2534
      @mrmeeseeks2534 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Ikr!!

    • @Honeybarbecuepumpum
      @Honeybarbecuepumpum 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Greatest Defenders?

    • @iamaheretic7829
      @iamaheretic7829 2 ปีที่แล้ว +285

      @@Honeybarbecuepumpum Pique and Puyol are certainly up there

    • @Honeybarbecuepumpum
      @Honeybarbecuepumpum 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@iamaheretic7829 absolute bullshit. Puyol is a legend but not pique. Pique is a model t that used the Ferrari next to him to cover his flaws.

    • @iamaheretic7829
      @iamaheretic7829 2 ปีที่แล้ว +404

      @@Honeybarbecuepumpum I dont think being useless gives you a permanent starting place in one of the worlds top teams for nearly 15 yrs but you do you

  • @mrmeeseeks2534
    @mrmeeseeks2534 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2683

    I think we’ll never see a team so talented so motivated than this ever again.The amount goals they scored they were just sublime🔥🔥

    • @colin2729
      @colin2729 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Mourinhos 2011 Real Madrid team scored the most goals in a la liga season so your point is wrong

    • @samb5358
      @samb5358 2 ปีที่แล้ว +168

      @@colin2729 It's not just about the goals scored though.

    • @mrpawrihawri9972
      @mrpawrihawri9972 2 ปีที่แล้ว +163

      @@colin2729 Majority of the teams did not park the bus against Real Madrid cause they had a belief that they could win the ball in the mid field and score on a counter. But when oppositions faced Barcelona, they had no other options but to park the bus literally the whole time. Even big clubs parked the bus against them. Real Madrid tried to play an aggressive High line and got smashed 5-0. So naturally Madrid will score more goals (also they had brilliant talent upfront).

    • @vismong102
      @vismong102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      @@colin2729 that same team lost 5-0 to this Barça..

    • @georgevos4402
      @georgevos4402 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@vismong102 that was in 2011. In 2012 real scored the most goals tho

  • @anupamtripathi8531
    @anupamtripathi8531 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1400

    "Take the ball, Pass the ball"
    So simple yet such an effective, deadly and revolutionary playstyle.
    Never ever will you ever see such a group of players, come together and play the most beautiful football you have ever seen

    • @patinho5589
      @patinho5589 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      But in correct English it would be “Receive the ball. Pass the ball.”
      ‘Take’ the ball would mean tackling for it or intercepting it.

    • @MrPek-fe9fp
      @MrPek-fe9fp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@patinho5589 Well, technically.

    • @Cykablyat-ps6vb
      @Cykablyat-ps6vb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@patinho5589 yeah but its an iconic quote thooo

    • @chuvanroberts6751
      @chuvanroberts6751 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Pep is a genius; I love him as a manager.

    • @dudu9240
      @dudu9240 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@patinho5589 🤓

  • @chanendlerbong
    @chanendlerbong 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1152

    The fact that Peps Barca have "2 versions" of his teams, one with Etoo and the other with Villa and Pedro, shows how great they are, plus not forget that they put probably the best and most dominant performance in the CL final ever in 2011

    • @sauravsastry
      @sauravsastry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      2011 final they passed man United to death 75 percent ball possession

    • @_hunter_x_hunter_5809
      @_hunter_x_hunter_5809 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Most domainant and one sided UCL final was Milan and Barca 1994 ....Milan won 4-0

    • @blank1933
      @blank1933 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That was AC Milan in 1994 who would also cruise this team

    • @yourmomisgay1420
      @yourmomisgay1420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Still his tactics were a bit stiff, he could've won ucl in 2010 and 2012 if he was more flexible

    • @deborahluck8274
      @deborahluck8274 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      THE GREATEST EVER ⭐️💕⚽️

  • @lomusdangi
    @lomusdangi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1340

    Pep's Barça wasn't just peak Barça, it was peak football.

    • @pranavramraj5141
      @pranavramraj5141 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      🔥🔥🔥

    • @phantacarrytemari
      @phantacarrytemari 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      playing 2008 barça and Madrid on pes is the reason why I loved soccer

    • @reddd-77
      @reddd-77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@phantacarrytemari incoming comments saying "iTs fOoTbAlL"

    • @nicoffee777
      @nicoffee777 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@reddd-77 yes because it is football

    • @kokman1908
      @kokman1908 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@reddd-77 did the comments come

  • @CozyHumanoid
    @CozyHumanoid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +271

    I am a Madrid supporter since 2009 and I was just in time for one of the great eras in football : Madrid vs Barcelona, Jose vs Pep, Ronaldo vs Messi. The dives, the slaps , the red cards and the drama. 5 El classicos in a span of 17 days we will never see anything like it ever again.

    • @meatiesogarcia6478
      @meatiesogarcia6478 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      4 clásicos. Not 5, not 4 el classicos. 4 clásicos. You don't say 4 the matches, or four the classics. 4 in 17 days, the other one was in the first leg of the league (el día de la manita). After all they were too much. 6 times in the next season. They faced each other too many times and after all of that most people (myself included) felt exhausted. Even though we felt pretty excited when we knew, all of my friends and acquitances agreed they were too many of them for a couple of weeks.

    • @matino0820
      @matino0820 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@meatiesogarcia6478shut up

    • @ricardolombardini
      @ricardolombardini 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm the same. Became a Real Madrid fan in 2009 just in the arrival of kaka and Ronaldo. It was beautiful 😍

  • @6stringstorulethemall967
    @6stringstorulethemall967 2 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    You should've mentioned that the average possession this Barcelona had in games was never less than 85%. Seeing other teams literally chase the ball around for 90 minutes was astonishing

    • @antusgabor
      @antusgabor ปีที่แล้ว +19

      That is bullshit, but I see your point

    • @NoaVanSnick
      @NoaVanSnick ปีที่แล้ว +11

      ​@@antusgabori swear these people are pulling facts out of their asses

    • @jontellie
      @jontellie 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@NoaVanSnickgo do your research clown

    • @trionorphanobliterater5819
      @trionorphanobliterater5819 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@antusgabor yeah , it was 60 to 65% , but still way more than other big clubs

  • @pepetomupeto
    @pepetomupeto 2 ปีที่แล้ว +676

    Just to think, that inter won the treble the next season, nobody really talks about that team, barcelona and guardiola really were devasting in those years and the legacy of that tactics continue to impress us

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      But it was overshadowed by tactical desicion

    • @ebinesvthundupurackal7446
      @ebinesvthundupurackal7446 2 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      That inter was a one year wonder. They haven't won Ucl or club wc and serie A again.
      But Barca was winning them again and again and again that's why that inter was never talked about it as this much

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ebinesvthundupurackal7446 BS

    • @SedinMady
      @SedinMady 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Barca won a sextuple, a treble is half the job

    • @quantran4824
      @quantran4824 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Xavi even said similar thing back then about Inter

  • @1972dsrai
    @1972dsrai 2 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    That Barca team was so good that even the National team tried to replicate the playing style and did so very successfully tbf.

    • @alexoller22
      @alexoller22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Because the core of the national team was Barça players. They just added a very good goalie and 3 or 4 more guys who had to addapt quick to the Barça playing style. It was pretty much Barça with some additions.

  • @Simon-A.-Tan
    @Simon-A.-Tan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +280

    Not a Barcelona fan, but I sat this one through all the way. You're pretty good at this, dude. Subbed.

    • @FootballIconic
      @FootballIconic  2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Thanks man!!

    • @Abdsul99923
      @Abdsul99923 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep

    • @FxnWaySheGoes
      @FxnWaySheGoes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Watch all his videos, he always makes them interesting!

  • @fin-ed6oj
    @fin-ed6oj 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I don't think we'll ever see vibes this good again in football. THAT Guardiola vs Mourinho rivalry. THAT Messi vs Ronaldo rivalry. THAT 2008-12 Spain team who won everything. It was the perfect storm in what was the best league in the world at the time. The modern day equivalent would be if Carlo Ancelotti was managing Manchester United, with Kylian Mbappe up front, and Jurgen Klopp managing Liverpool with Erling Haaland up front. All whilst the England national team won 3 major trophies in a row, and that would still be nowhere near how special that short era of football was

  • @henryreturns1397
    @henryreturns1397 2 ปีที่แล้ว +560

    Some other things of Pep's Guardiola Barcelona :
    - In the final of the Champions League 2009 , due to Dani Alves and Abidal not been able to play , Sergio Busquets played as a right back lol
    - Guardiola also rotated Pique with Rafa Marquez at first cuz Pique was not used on playing every single game since at United he was a sub
    - Messi was just one more player , he was just a plus. On very tough games Messi was not the hero , they were others showing up
    - The thing of this Barcelona of 2008/09 is that they were not the favorites for anything. They started slow , for the Spanish league Madrid was still the favorite , and for the Champions League the Premier Leagues were still the grand favorites to win it all. They became favorites after the brutal wins they have during the season
    - Furthermore , he develop a very crucial thing which is to play the ball from behind or from the goalkeeper. Instead of the goalkeeper blowing the ball off , he would pass it to the closest defender , and start playing it from there to the other opposition. This sounds like nothing but it reflects on how many games they won cuz they always keep the ball and dont give any chance for the opposition to have it
    - In addition to that , Guardiola change the training style of Barca. He make everyone on the squad to make passes like they were midfielders. This is shown more on Manchester City where even Ederson the goalkeeper , can make amazing passes from his position.
    - In all 4 seasons that Guardiola was in Barcelona , he achieved more than 90+ points , in which he won 3 la Liga and one of those was with 99 points
    - In comparison his 2008-09 to his 2010/11 season , its that the 2011 season teams were a lot more tougher , teams knew how to play against Barcelona , and Pep came out with new tactics so they can come out on top.
    - Also , in comparing 2009 to 2011 , is different cuz in 2009 Pep's Barca was more of an underdog , a Barca that was been "revived" , while the 2011 Barca was more of the "can Barca stayed at the top"
    - During those years Guardiola also promoted so many youth players to the main team , making La Masia the best "academy" in the world during that time
    - Guardiola's Barca peak was probably in the Club's world cup on 2011 against Neymar's Santos , they blitz and destroy them 4-0 with 9 La Masia players on the pitch
    - His Barca was so successful that it lead to Spanish teams leaving behind the 4-4-2 or the 4-5-1 in favor of the 4-3-3 and also leaving a mark on other leagues too
    - Because Guardiola won everything on his very first season , he pretty much set the standard so fucking high that I dont think its possible to always achieved it

    • @jordanschlansky4093
      @jordanschlansky4093 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      tl;dr

    • @akilamperouge960
      @akilamperouge960 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      mancity is also becoming one on what he did in barca,, look at the premie league the standards went up because of his city dominance

    • @geri3894
      @geri3894 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Puyol played as RB, Yaya as CD and Busquets in his natural role. Sylvinho replaced Abidal.

    • @x-jay8480
      @x-jay8480 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      To say Messi was one more player is just stupidity.
      It is well documented that when Rijkaard increased a young Messi's minutes in the 05/06 season the team clicked and began performing better.
      Pep even wrote an article in the local paper that he wanted to build the team around Messi after watching him play in the 2006 World Cup.
      And Barcelona would never be where they are without Messi.
      And if you really think the guy who won the 4 Ballon d'or in a row during Pep's reign was just another player you might need a health check-up.

    • @a-manthegeneral
      @a-manthegeneral 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@x-jay8480 I think he meant more like Messi was to Barca as is KDB to Man City now
      Best players in their teams, but when in a tough spot they aren't the one pressure is put on, others will step up as well

  • @krompkap09
    @krompkap09 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    The fact that these players were not only legendary but also motivated and above all not egomaniacs, tells us why this rate of success was not replicated years later even though a lot of those same players were on their peak with the addition of other players also in their prime.

  • @menandroplan1554
    @menandroplan1554 2 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    The most impressive thing was their talent was grown and not bought. Success that was bought is one thing, but to develop it from nothing truely says something about the club and the team

    • @mmmunick2996
      @mmmunick2996 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And the myth lives on hahaha why do people keep spewing this BS.

    • @alis6581
      @alis6581 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@mmmunick2996 ??? Not to say that they didn't rely on heavy purchases at times(which they did) a good amount of the team was infact homegrown

    • @zach336
      @zach336 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So Henry (24m), Toure (9m), Abidal (15m), Alves (35.5m), Mascherano (20), Villa (40m) and Ibrahimovic (69.5) were all home-grown?

    • @menandroplan1554
      @menandroplan1554 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Lol. I forgot this was the internet and i have to fully explain every word. Yes they bought some big players...this is unavoidable for any big team in any sport...but lets be real, their stars and real key players were homegrown..infact the "big players" mentioned all came and went but they were successful nonetheless because they retained their youth graduates

    • @zach336
      @zach336 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@menandroplan1554 you said their talent was home grown not bought. When it's clearly a balance of both

  • @DayDay1991
    @DayDay1991 2 ปีที่แล้ว +460

    Best team I’ve ever seen tbh, Messi was unplayable obviously. Xavi and Iniesta bossing the midfield. Amazing team 👏👏

    • @Janon743
      @Janon743 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wdym by unplayable, like impossible to play againist?

    • @arctyic1932
      @arctyic1932 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@Janon743 Being so dominant in compared to your opponents level.

    • @wtpollard
      @wtpollard ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes. Messi's obviously still very good, but back in that period he was more explosive and quicker. Any time he got the ball in the opponent's penalty area, it was almost certain it'd end up in the back of net.

    • @syrupNpenalties
      @syrupNpenalties ปีที่แล้ว

      Snsbeijder beat em with mediocre roaster .

    • @syrupNpenalties
      @syrupNpenalties ปีที่แล้ว

      If Barcelona was greatest team then CR7 is the greatest player ❤

  • @handlerx4g
    @handlerx4g 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    My fav team from my fav football content creater on this platform makes me happy. I was not their when it was in effect but still whenever i see the old matches it just shows a huge gap b-w them and their opponents unless you are real Madrid.

    • @FootballIconic
      @FootballIconic  2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Much love!

    • @handlerx4g
      @handlerx4g 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@FootballIconic well, didn't expected the reply
      O//-//O. Thanks for reading my comment 🙂.

  • @ihave7cats760
    @ihave7cats760 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Finally I've been waiting for this video for ages because I always heard you say on videos that 2006-2010 barca was unstoppable

    • @ihave7cats760
      @ihave7cats760 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      As always love the content, keep going big man. (video on barca under xavi PLS? 🗿)

    • @AndromedaEleven
      @AndromedaEleven 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      More like 08/09-10/11

    • @ihave7cats760
      @ihave7cats760 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It do be spittin facs

    • @lankychild3346
      @lankychild3346 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      2011 Prime Barca.

  • @Antoto96
    @Antoto96 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    It's crazy to me that I grew up watching this Barcelona team. From my young age I got to witness one of the greatest Barcelona and Read Madrid sides ever. Now as an adult I am obsessed with tactics and often analyze players while I watch. Man I wish I could witness that era as an adult. The passion, the hatred and most importantly the amazing movements and tactics of the team.

  • @justin1184
    @justin1184 2 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    This is undoubtedly the greatest team to ever touch a pitch. There’s been great teams, the Madrid’s galácticos, the AC Milan with their 3 netherland stars, and United Treble team, but we will never see a team like this, ever again, it was one of a kind

    • @vladimirtchuiev2218
      @vladimirtchuiev2218 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      IMO Man Utd in 2007-2009 was a lot stronger than the treble team in 1999, but they were still outclassed by Barca in the 2009 final.

    • @blank1933
      @blank1933 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@vladimirtchuiev2218 United’s treble team and United 07/08 is not better than Chelsea that same period. The 2 top sides then were Chelsea and Barca

    • @ShubhamYadav-ll1ep
      @ShubhamYadav-ll1ep 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This team unfairly won the champions league, they did not deserve it at all. Not the greatest team at all

    • @lolcall5295
      @lolcall5295 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Saif Baksh hansi flick's bayern would laugh at this comment

    • @hari04364
      @hari04364 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      For me 2013 Bayern team who won the triple are up there. Jupps' team was a beast with no real weaknesses, strong defense/midfield/attack, and worlds best gk

  • @renatolekaj4790
    @renatolekaj4790 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Greatest team of all time, only the 1958/62 Brazil or 1970 Brazil come close. Messi in his prime, Barca in their prime, Pep in his prime, greatest football ever played, most successful team. Definitely the greatest team I have ever seen and probably the greatest ever.

    • @Majikal.22
      @Majikal.22 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pepsi ain't old ,just he inherited a dream team ,an yet the thief Chelsea an Pepsi didn't had nothing to say at all mafia so don't speak about the Greatest team ever

    • @lankychild3346
      @lankychild3346 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Pep in prime? What? You mean success wise?

    • @renatolekaj4790
      @renatolekaj4790 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lankychild3346 it’s his prime, cause that’s when he was using full tiki-taka, and full unbeatable tactics. I kinda messed up, but either way everything else is true. And I should add that 1954 Hungary also comes close, same with Spain 2008-2012.

    • @asm7406
      @asm7406 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Majikal.22 Another deceived by the Madrid press
      Without crying, blind fan of Madrid, the humiliation that Pep did to Madrid still hurts

    • @wtpollard
      @wtpollard ปีที่แล้ว

      I can't believe any national team could compete with Pep's Barca. National teams are always going to be at a disadvantage to the best club teams. @@renatolekaj4790

  • @harshvenigalla1221
    @harshvenigalla1221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I really love these videos. I would really like to see a separate video on Henry and other strikers.

  • @faisalabdarazik390
    @faisalabdarazik390 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    As a madridista myself, I would say that this Braca team was terrifying, I remember every "Classico" I will be praying for it not to be a big score for them.
    One thing for sure is that Morniho actually didn't only change the mentality of the players but also us as supporters, I actually started to believe with him, he gave us that passion and made more like war than a game. beautiful times looking back at it.

  • @maclundqvist2944
    @maclundqvist2944 2 ปีที่แล้ว +286

    It is the greatest team of all time no doubt about that it was pure magic and it was heaven for my eyes to watch them play it always bring me a big smile thinking about it :)

    • @FootballIconic
      @FootballIconic  2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Same here, brother

    • @Error-ck4jg
      @Error-ck4jg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      *equals with zinedine zidane's real madrid*

    • @kidstar7627
      @kidstar7627 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@Error-ck4jg average vadrid fan

    • @Error-ck4jg
      @Error-ck4jg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@kidstar7627 average varca fan

    • @starlight_artx
      @starlight_artx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@Error-ck4jg Zidane's Madrid was defeated by 2017 Barca lol That Madrid team was good but not better than Guardiola's Barca

  • @gabrielengstrand9750
    @gabrielengstrand9750 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    You don’t know how long i’ve waited for this video from you. Thanks a lot legend!

  • @mathiasneufeld2262
    @mathiasneufeld2262 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    For me this is the greatest Team of all Time. The Football they played was so nice to watch

  • @wtfamiactuallyright1823
    @wtfamiactuallyright1823 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    One of the greatest managers of all time, with a great team.
    It shows you don't need the best players, because you can make them great, imo.

    • @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633
      @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, but they have to be the best so you can make them great.

    • @wtfamiactuallyright1823
      @wtfamiactuallyright1823 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 I think most players playing in the top league of certain nations (Spain included.) would be considered, the best.
      Many of those players never get recognition and those in the lower leagues with more natural talent than some in the above, find it even harder.
      If you find a manager with a top system who can spot such players when they're young, use and develop them within his system they'll likely become winners, eventually being considered a great.
      Sometimes tho, you get freak players who can adapt to whatever system/team you put them in and they continue to break every record there is (COUGH, Ronaldo, COUGH COUGH...). Such players are VERY rare, which is why the team and manager should always override the individual, no matter how good that individual is. Ronaldo and Messi included. Imo, of course... 🙂I wonder if the Messi fan club will let that slide lol. I love Messi too btw, take it on the chin people. 😛

  • @Lightisthewat
    @Lightisthewat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    The team that made me fall in live with football and the reason I'll forever be a barcelona fan 🙌

  • @seb2750
    @seb2750 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    7:00 Brescia were pretty blessed back then, they had a young Pirlo, R.Baggio and Pep in their team.

  • @Temp088
    @Temp088 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I had the pleasure and the privilege to see Barca play at the camp nou. It was in october 2009 vs real saragossa. I was in barcelona visting a friend who doing an internship at a hotel. He somehow manage to organize two tickets for us - I think we paid like 66euros each (A lot of money back then because we were broke students). But oh boi did it paid off... It was the best game I've ever seen in a stadium. Barcelona just played incredibile football. It was football beyond believe, my words cant properly discribe it. I was in my early 20's back then and I still get goose bumps thinking about it now.

  • @joshdunne8792
    @joshdunne8792 2 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    The quality of Peps Barca is shown by who they beat. In 2008 Manchester United beat this team in the UCL Semis. United went on to win 3 leagues in a row 07, 08 and 09, win the UCL in 08 and met this team again in 09 UCL Final. Peps Barca were ready this time and were clearly the better team. Probably the best English team ever, who was dominating England in a time England was at the top of Europe, were over shadowed by this Barca, probably the best club side of all time. If not the greatest footballing team ever

    • @gurmukhsinghbansal479
      @gurmukhsinghbansal479 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Full fit squad united were barcas equals in 09 or a tad better (incl Hargreaves and fletcher). 2011 barca on the other hand were significantly better than man utd in the wembley final

    • @joshdunne8792
      @joshdunne8792 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Navaneeth475 I think the perfect explanation of Barcas quality was explained by Rene Meulensteen Manchester United first team coach. Rene spoke to Pep about the 2009 final. They were discussing how good both teams were and Pep said "Yes Rene, but I had Messi" and that summed it up for Rene 😂

    • @danielzapata9600
      @danielzapata9600 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Navaneeth475 2008-2011* Mourinho's Real were better in 2012

  • @gregjones8403
    @gregjones8403 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    How this channel doesn’t have millions of subscribers is beyond me. Keep up the incredible work mate👌

  • @nikelover911
    @nikelover911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Your Persona, editing and content are 10/10. definitely subscribing

  • @7uckyWill
    @7uckyWill 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    As a barca fan I adore this video so much. Thanks for bringing up good memories

  • @nwd6957
    @nwd6957 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The first 5 minutes of this video remind me of the last couple years at Barca. Seems like history can repeat itself…

  • @mateusfernando5847
    @mateusfernando5847 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm very glad that I lived all of this. So many good memories of this time! Thanks a lot for a great video and ... 100k (soon) is very well deserved! Cheers mate!

  • @frankkevy
    @frankkevy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A young, passionate, absolutely talented, and arguably one of the best TH-camr and chills distributor at his prime.
    What a pleasure to watch your content!

  • @Hakuu_A19
    @Hakuu_A19 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Genuinely the pinnacle to football. I remember watching their games and actually being bored to death because of how much they held the ball and kept on passing till the end of time. But now I can accept that their game was the epitome of domination

    • @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633
      @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Bored to death? I can watch these games only on video as I was not aware of them at the time. Most exciting beautiful football I've ever seen. Messi was beyond belief.

    • @perman07
      @perman07 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 You're watching compilations. Seeing intricate passing plays at their most exciting is not the same as sitting there for 90 minutes filled with lots of slow passing, often sideways and even backwards.
      Barcelona was so exciting back then, but trust me, watching their dominance got boring quickly.

    • @alexoller22
      @alexoller22 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@perman07 I don't think their system got boring until opposing teams started parking the bus in front of the goal or when squads with lesser players attempted to play like they did. Spain's national team can be boring since thay don't have that kind of players but insist with the same style nevertheless: loads of passing the ball sideways and backwards but attempting very little, creatively poor. BTW I always hated the name “tiki-taka”. reminds me of a clock, a monotonous tic-toc, tic-toc... I like Cruyff's name “total football” much better

    • @perman07
      @perman07 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alexoller22 Well, parking the bus is not a new idea. This type of football has been done since forever. Maybe the rate of parking the bus against certain comps increase once you see what works, but parking the bus is and has been a normal default option against significantly stronger teams since forever. Even when you don't plan for it, you wind up back there when you face a dominant opponent since they keep having the ball close to the goal.
      Barcelona faced this strategy regularly every single year they played tiki-taka.

    • @samfisher2306
      @samfisher2306 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fair assessment. Their game was both mesmerizing and boring at the same time lol. Strange.

  • @nano3581
    @nano3581 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bro im a massive football fan, i know most of the info in your videos but its your presentation and narration that keeps me coming back. Keep it up.

  • @andresaponte45
    @andresaponte45 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video, it popped up in recommendations and decided to watch it since it goes down memory lane. And I had a smile across my face the whole remembering those times

  • @Keamogetswe_1
    @Keamogetswe_1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Pep Barcelona team was different breed peak football one of best teams I ever watched.The talent was mix of academy players that were homegrown

  • @Warzulu77
    @Warzulu77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The main reason this team succeeded was because they had it all. A good lead, talent, desire, passion, hard work, ambition, understanding and a willingness to push the boundaries of what’s been done before. Combine all these traits together and you have the best football side in the history of the sport.

  • @dominikzakrzewski3070
    @dominikzakrzewski3070 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Man, these years were magical for me, always watching every el classico with my dad, biggest Barca fan, it was awesome. I think I literally cried when I heard that Pep Guardiola was leaving, it was like a family losing a father in my eyes.

  • @benmungai5978
    @benmungai5978 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow. . . the way you present all this amazing info is brilliant to say the least. Enjoyed every second.

  • @dennisaddo2609
    @dennisaddo2609 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've watched this video like 3 times already. Can't get enough of it.
    Brilliant content man.👍👍👍

  • @GIBBO4182
    @GIBBO4182 2 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    91 goals in a single year…it’s truly mind blowing! Especially when you consider he isn’t JUST a goalscorer *cough cough* Ronaldo

    • @MarcBernaI
      @MarcBernaI 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      you're saying that as if ronaldo only knows how to score

    • @madams989
      @madams989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@MarcBernaI well yeah that’s why he wrote what he wrote 😂

    • @MH-vp7lf
      @MH-vp7lf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Ronaldo wasn't alway just a goal scorer either you would know if you knew football

    • @bandulad7695
      @bandulad7695 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@MH-vp7lf But for the majority of his career and prime career he has just been a goalscorer. And obviously a goalscorer dependent on good players setting his goals up. I mean that is even what the statistics are saying if you don’t believe me.

    • @spider-man120
      @spider-man120 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Messi is a scorer lol

  • @ecuasteelo
    @ecuasteelo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastic video. Solid research. Well put. What many forget is that very detail you mentioned - 7 players from barcelona that won Spain the WC. Barca during that time were unreal.

  • @TheRedBaron1917
    @TheRedBaron1917 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Messi is the greatest player of all time
    Pep is the greatest manager of all time. Barcelona and the la masia academy are a dream factory that produces beautiful football and caused me to fall in love with that beautiful Catalonian football culture. This is what they mean when football is called the beautiful game

  • @frank8william
    @frank8william 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    2012 it the year where I watch football the most. I follow almost everygame of top 4 leagues. And I always drag my college friends to watch el classico and Liverpool's game.
    For the el classicos 2012, it's truly the highlight of the year. The best football matches we ever watch. Even my non enthusiastic friends will shout and celebrate with us each time Messi did something out of this world. The guy is an Alien.

  • @preciousadedibu1821
    @preciousadedibu1821 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    By far the most underrated Football channel on youtube.

  • @ydiotboi
    @ydiotboi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this video put tear in my eye, beautiful as always man. you know what i love the most? the start of every video. the beginning music just tells me im going to watch some superb deep dive.

  • @Midtable1881
    @Midtable1881 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    What a time to be alive to witness the art and greatness of this team.

  • @AnkhDesigsTT
    @AnkhDesigsTT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hey bro great work as usual! Would love to see a video on pep's evolution in the PL. I feel like people forget how frustrated he was early on but like the great manager he is, he figured it out.

  • @antusgabor
    @antusgabor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The 08/09 team, and the whole season will be forever in my heart. The 6-2 win agains Real was truly it's highest point!

  • @CatalinBogdan
    @CatalinBogdan ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a Real fan, I have to admit I admired FCB under Pep (and later). It was a joy to watch them play. I've even seen them live and have 2 of their home kit jerseys.

  • @farouqahmed555
    @farouqahmed555 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I've been waiting for this for a long time thx ,mate!
    Forca el barca 💙♥️

  • @Maqwell
    @Maqwell 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My guy is so CLOSE to that glorious number LES GET IT

  • @DarthwRath
    @DarthwRath 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It was a match made in football heaven. Everything just seems to work flawlessly during that time. They were just light years ahead of everyone else and its the whole team that did that.
    I grew up watching them (im 25 now so you know why I can never forget about them). They were the reason i became a fan of football. At the time I thought it was normal. Just a bunch of world class players under a world class coach. Man I was wrong.
    Its obvious to me now, that Barça was the greatest team ever that played the game. Leo in his young blood days, Xavi and Don Andreas dictating the game their way and Puyi, a captain the world will never see again at the back.
    Goosebumps every single time I think or talk about them and knowing how many people, especially non Barça fans and even rivals acknowledging the fact that they were the very best football they has ever seen. Makes me proud and very happy.
    As a Barça fan that grew up in Pep's era. We only want absolute domination. Not our fault. We were just used to that.
    Visca Barça and still, come back Leo. We miss you and our arms are always open wide and warm for you.

    • @bread3613
      @bread3613 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's coming

  • @vladimirtchuiev2218
    @vladimirtchuiev2218 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Madrid fan here. That team was an absolute nightmare, every classico I just thought: "just don't get steamrolled". I remember how happy I was in 2010 that Barca didn't lift the CL trophy at the Bernabeu. Real had great teams over the years, but the flashes of brilliance were too short in comparison.

  • @Thanasis_Tsakirakis
    @Thanasis_Tsakirakis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I've stopped actively following football in the last 4-5 years. However, any one of your videos about the 2000-2015 era (and in some cases older eras too) are always putting a smile on my face and keeping me company during some meal or chill moment. Superb analysis, great content! Thanks!

  • @hinewdaniel2998
    @hinewdaniel2998 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's definitely the greatest team I've ever witnessed. This is from someone who has watched Ronaldinho team back in 2005 and 2006. I've watched old games from the 90s and I was impressed further . But watching that Pep Guardiola team from my late teens into my early 20s I was just mesmerized and didn't want it to end. TH-cam content creators making videos from that 08/09 season while playing Viva La Vida by Cole Play was just beautiful ❤ Ronaldinho made me a fan and I cried when he left but what happend next I will always remember!

  • @mikeldoucet3600
    @mikeldoucet3600 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I think we need a video about the contender with the Luis Enrique team, that team was so much fun to see.

  • @BitigoBlack
    @BitigoBlack 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is a breakdown of the soccer I watched while growing up. So many memories as I grew up and learned to play the game.
    Thank you so much, Tinashe!
    *I was a Madrid fan.

  • @sohanmufti6000
    @sohanmufti6000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What a team that was! I'm a life long Man Utd supporter and I can honestly say that even SAF had no answer to Pep's Barca. Though, I think things might have been different if they'd been playing each other in the league.

  • @arturomorales966
    @arturomorales966 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for this video, sir. Never cried again for a team, be it for joy or sorrow. 👏👏👏

  • @saulcaneloalvarez1116
    @saulcaneloalvarez1116 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    That decade was one of the best in football history

  • @travislevison6074
    @travislevison6074 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh my word I’ve never been more excited for a video.

  • @MrChuks84
    @MrChuks84 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The only team that could stop quite possibly the best ever man united team of the premier league era. If it wasn't for Barcelona, United would have won 3 UCL titles between 2008-2011

  • @MrMMAJER
    @MrMMAJER 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've just finished watching Pep's ManCity take the soul out of ManUnited player's bodies. It was a football class from Pep to United players, having the best sit in the classroom. And got a notification for this video, great timing.

  • @jonpaget
    @jonpaget 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    A great video as always. As soon as I saw the title I had to watch this. I remember the hype and the fact that they were recognized as great at the time. By the Champions League 2011, we were told to simply enjoy them - exactly right! I had the pleasure of watching Barca in 2012 during Messi's crazy year. They won 5-1, Messi scored 4.

  • @liorpapismedov2519
    @liorpapismedov2519 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    From the 2008 Euro to 2012 Euro Barcelona and the golden Spanish generation which was built around Barca were probably the greatest set of players ever assembled in football and I say that as a Real Madrid fan,it was both frustrating and amazing to have witnessed that time period.

  • @TheMixCurator
    @TheMixCurator 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Would have been a possible 3 CL's in a row if it were not for that semi-final against Mourinho's Inter. He claimed Barca were "fixated" on getting to the final, as it was being held in the Santiago Bernabéu that year. It seems a pragmatic, defend for your lives counter attack way of playing football was one of the few methods of getting a result against Barca in that era. Chelsea did the same in 2012 with those Ramires and Torres goals.
    For me, there are definitely "teams of an era" and the Barcelona one is definitely the team of the early 21st Century. AC Milans team of the late 80s/early 90s and the Arsenal team of the late 90s/early 00s are the only teams in my lifetime that were exciting and enchanting to watch. They had an aura different to any other teams I've seen.

  • @ojwangrumo7041
    @ojwangrumo7041 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This masterpiece deserves 1million views

  • @OldAfrobeats
    @OldAfrobeats 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I freaking love this channel

  • @Forevermade32
    @Forevermade32 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’ve been binge watching your videos and your easily the best football content creator in my my opinion thank you for keeping me entertained while studying 😭

  • @chingon784
    @chingon784 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This team was the definition of the ball moves faster than the player

  • @pablolabbate6402
    @pablolabbate6402 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your videos are so good. Any time I read Football Iconic, I press on the video.

  • @stephenkoshy3127
    @stephenkoshy3127 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Life was good back then. I was in primary school, Barca (though a few times the opposition) played scintillating football that was fun to watch and experience.

  • @nitishramesh2634
    @nitishramesh2634 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man yet again Football Iconic has delivered an extremely well presented video. Thank you so much for making videos about the world's sport for everyone to ejoy (btw I've already watched this video three times)

  • @XxMr1XxX
    @XxMr1XxX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Pep is almost the perfect coach. He brought Barcelona, Bayern, Manchester City to an entirely new level. The only problem was, that he makes himself enemies and is often asking the players to do more than their bodies are able to. During his time at Bayern, his players often ended up being injured by the end of the season, which is also why Bayern didnt win the Champions League even they were probably the best team in europe back then.

  • @AF-up2kn
    @AF-up2kn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Greatest team ever won the League title 3 times in a row 2009,2010,2011 first team to win six trophies (2009) won 5 trophies in 2011 and played the best football i’ve seen that season like the 5-0 against Mourinho’s Madrid for example. The way Utd got outclassed in the 2011 UCL Final was insane they looked like a mid table side even tho they were premier league champions at the time. Mourinho is a genius with his brilliance tactic in the 2010 semi’s stopping that Barca side from 3 peating the competition he also broke their league dominance in 2012 he deserves way more credit he’s the only coach that could’ve done that imo

    • @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633
      @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Mourinho egged his players on to take down the best players, esp. Messi. They committed horror fouls bc they could not compete with their skill. It was brutality v beauty. Still, Barca won.

    • @SwoleakhulTheBlind
      @SwoleakhulTheBlind 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Haters will say you‘re wrong. But it’s fucking facts. Winning CL 3 times in a row will likely never happen again.

    • @oumajgad6805
      @oumajgad6805 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 The fuck you're talking about? You have whole compilations od barca players just falling down after even a slightest touch and swarming referees every time they were displeased with their decisions.

    • @asm7406
      @asm7406 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SwoleakhulTheBlind ?????

  • @selmanyassin
    @selmanyassin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Barcelona's football and Real's undying mentality IS football!

  • @dangrifdhsbxjs8424
    @dangrifdhsbxjs8424 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This all spanned from Johan Cruyff. The greatest footballing mind ever.

  • @ratnakarnaik2205
    @ratnakarnaik2205 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    These team was out of the world

    • @colin2729
      @colin2729 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Uefalona ya they were

    • @traww275
      @traww275 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@colin2729 uefalona destroyed ur team for sure

  • @jokeychan7526
    @jokeychan7526 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was always those kids who were like, how do guys and girls sit down for 120min to watch a ball getting kicked around, until i watched just one Barcelona game where Ronaldinho was playing i was preety young but i got it, it was the moments of magic that were produced by that team and 15years later Barcelona has been the love of my life.

  • @ym6174
    @ym6174 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    And Pep still doesn't get the respect he deserves, it's ridiculous

  • @ydiotboi
    @ydiotboi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh I remember, passing the ball to the net. No outside shots, no power shot. Tik tak I to the net. It was crazyyyy.

  • @ZexaXIII
    @ZexaXIII 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Man Utd, Barcelona, Real Madrid and AC Milan are the only contenders for the best football team ever.

    • @ronaldolawyer3865
      @ronaldolawyer3865 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      With the way Man United is looking now it's pretty easy to forget, I still think that with the momentum they were at, Man United could've at least rivaled Real Madrid and Barcelona in the early 2010s if the glazers didn't buy Man United

    • @kaizenryan3390
      @kaizenryan3390 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Bayern instead of man u
      Since man u won only two ucls.
      League wise maybe man u is better but in European level there are not even better than Juventus

    • @Raver-1601
      @Raver-1601 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ronaldolawyer3865 Selling Ronaldo was when United has killed their chances of being the very best in the whole world. Don't get me wrong, I like how we dominated the league until SAF's last dance, but it seems most United fans are content with just that and barely talks about Ronaldo moving as a very huge mistake for Europe domination

    • @ronaldolawyer3865
      @ronaldolawyer3865 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Raver-1601 yeah but I still think if we at least got something from Ronaldo's signing we would've held a candle to both these sides, because if you look back at Man United's transfers, no world class signings to replace Tevez and Ronaldo, De Gea was a good one, but can't say much other than him, now I wonder where that Ronaldo transfer money went

    • @Raver-1601
      @Raver-1601 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ronaldolawyer3865 idk about that really. Ronaldo at Real Madrid was just a fucking beast and I always wondered what he would've achieved with us had he stayed with us

  • @thestoryline-channel
    @thestoryline-channel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Favourite type of football videos - Great content

  • @GyaneshISHU
    @GyaneshISHU 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    One of those teams that it almost felt unfair to play against, or even support.

  • @paym4n
    @paym4n 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The stars truly alligned. Won't ever witness a more dominant side ever again.

  • @undefined.infinity3106
    @undefined.infinity3106 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    man you make me feel emotional with this team. one the glory of Barcelona will

  • @phomo561
    @phomo561 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This era of Spanish football is the greatest peak of Spanish football EVER
    Winning 2 Euros, a World Cup and arguably the two best club teams in the world - Sheeeesh

  • @hinewdaniel2998
    @hinewdaniel2998 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What great time to be a Barca fan in those years 🥲 Some of us got spoiled and thought it was going to last forever. I hope we can compete again soon 😀

  • @arpanm71
    @arpanm71 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The video I was waiting for, from my favorite football youtuber!

  • @MrReese
    @MrReese 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That music in the beginning sounded so melancholic and sad...
    Since you said this video is about Guardiola I think the influence Bielsa had on him should have been discussed.
    11:52 btw...I would also put Philipp Lahm in contention for that "title". Lahm was not only a right back, he was also a left back and a 6 and he was world class on all of those positions.

    • @FootballIconic
      @FootballIconic  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don't be sad that it's. Be happy that it happened :')

  • @pax1913
    @pax1913 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh boy, been waiting for this video for a long time, cheers from a lifelong culé!

  • @winnerwinnerchickendinner901
    @winnerwinnerchickendinner901 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    As a madrista this team bothered me mentally when we met in the UCL or league …Mourinho did his best as well in the end just look at his inter with the same eto pep pushed out .Another vid for you growing catalogue of intriguing video essays

  • @lyonkennedy4892
    @lyonkennedy4892 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The team that made me love football

  • @rikijola9687
    @rikijola9687 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I’m a Real Madrid fan but i agree this was the GOAT team even 100 points was not enough to win the league
    This team was GOD LIKE

  • @muhammedgamal5871
    @muhammedgamal5871 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like the atmosphere around this kind of videos, as i'm living the journey in a dream
    I liked the idea of making videos much more because of those here