LEGEND OF THE CLUB

Johan Cruyff, the artífice of the best Barça of the history

Published:24/03/2016 - 15:04h

Updated:25/03/2016 - 12:03h

This Thursday 24 March 2016 has died one of the big legends of the FC Barcelona and of the history of the football, Johan Cruyff. Since it landed in 1973, it revolutionised the style of game blaugrana until endowing it of an only essence

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Johan Cruyff has died this Thursday 24 March 2016, and from "FCBN" have wanted to remember how fraguó thanks to him the style of characteristic game of the FC Barcelona, that has done him big around the world and that has contributed to that, to day of today, the Barça of Luis Enrique follow winning titles and surpassing the achieved by the "Dream Team". Everything began when Johan Cruyff abandoned the Ajax of Amsterdam -where already was the best player of the planet- to give the jump to the Barcelona in August of 1973.

During the first season in which enfundó the elastic blaugrana, was able to win the League and to marvel to the fans of the Barça, starring gestas epics like the goleada to the Real Madrid by 0-5 in Santiago Bernabéu in February of 1974. It was the first League that won the Barcelona from did 14 years, the ninth for the club and the turning point for a team that until then was not so very accustomed as now. It finish the season with 24 goals, from among which fits to stand out one of espuela that annotated to the Athletic of Madrid, and that cost him the nickname of "Dutch Volador".

In the two following campaigns the Barça did not attain to win any title, although Johan Cruyff continued shining to a level estratosférico. It won the Balloon of Bronze in 1975, and in his last season in the club, the 1977-78, achieved to conquer with the Barça the Glass of Rey. After a brief go through United States and to go back to the Ajax, where was acclaimed for carrying out in his last season the "penalti indirect" together with his mate Jesper Olsen, hanged the boots after another brief go through the Feyenoord, to the that arrived with 37 years.

It took 10 years in returning to the FC Barcelona, and did it like trainer, seating in the bench during eight campaigns and comandando to the "Dream Team", that then was the best Barça that had seen never. With him like technician, the Barcelona won four titles of consecutive League, conquered the Glass of Europe in Wembley in May of 1992 and marvelled to the world with a really fantastic football, in which the possession of balloon earned more leadership and importance that antaño.

In 1996 it abandoned the FC Barcelona and in 1999 was chosen like better footballer of the century in Europe, a distinction that honoured him so much to him as to the FC Barcelona and the rest of clubs in which militó. Cruyff No only was a brilliant footballer and trainer, but besides it involved also in the Catalan culture, calling to his son Jordi and receiving in September of 2006 the Creu of Sant Jordi by part of the Government of Catalonia. Shortly after it turned into seleccionador Catalan, being it during some years until 2012, when it decided jubilarse with 65 years.

Definitely, one of the best players of the history and a legend that will be always live in the breast of the barcelonismo. It could say, in fact, that has been one of the main artífices that the FC Barcelona follow enamorando to own and to odd to day of today, with a style of only game.

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