The staff of the Barça and Tito Vilanova celebrating LaLiga

THE MEMORY OF BARÇA TO TITO

Piqué: "The League of 100 points was Tito Vilanova's masterpiece"

Published:9/11/2020 - 16:18h

Updated:9/11/2020 - 16:29h

Tito Vilanova died in 2014 due to cancer. FC Barcelona wanted to pay tribute to the former Barça coach with a documentary in which several players and former Catalans such as Leo Messi, Xavi or Puyol have participated

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Tito Vilanova was an indispensable part of the success of the FC Barcelona of Pep Guardiola. The Catalan was the second trainer of the Barça during the stage of the of Santpedor in the bench and later did with the reins of the first team. The one of Bellcaire turned into Barcelona technician in 2012 to substitute to the now míster of the Manchester City, and attained a success tremendo in League, achieving raise the historical League of the 100 points in 2013.

When finalising this campaign 2013, the gerundense had to resign by fault of a cancer that did not allow him follow with his works of technician. In spite of his fight, in 2014, Tito died, leaving orphan to all the barcelonismo and to the changing room of the Barcelona. A hit tremendo for all the players, that had to redo by the club. Like homage for him and his family, the Barça decided to set up a ducumental called '100x100 Tito'.

This documentary that the culés already have begun to promote will issue in 'BarçaTV+' along the Christmass. The club has published a fragment in his social networks and has seen to several footballers and ex footballers of the Barça speaking of Vilanova and of the famous League of the 100 points. Players of the size of Leo Messi, Gerard Hammered, Xavi Hernández or Carles Puyol, have surrendered homage to the ex trainer.

"Tito knew the house perfectly and all the values that transmits this club reflected them in everything. It was a very humble person, of a lot of word, very near, a spectacular person", commented Messi. I hammered, by his part, gave him the merit of LaLiga of the 100 points. The League of the one hundred points will remain always like the master work of Tito", commented the central.

On the other hand, Xavi also remembered the successes of Tito and lasts it that it was his loss for the changing room. "Tito had to go of the day in day out and marked us a lot, goes the leader, the responsible maximum and this split us in half. The uncle wanted the one hundred points and the one hundred points did ". Puyol Also signalled the difucultad of what occurred in that then. "It was a very hard stage for the changing room", affirmed.

Pedro and Cesc remembered to Tito

Pedro Rodríguez and Cesc Fàbregas, ex players of the Barça, also remembered to Vilanova. "Tito was a person that lived by and for the football and showed it, saw in his face, in the field, the happy that was, how spoke of the players, the knowledge that had", commented the Canarian. The one of Arenys, by his part, also showed proud of his time with him. "Always I have been very proud that went my trainer during so many years. I do not remember a party of that season that did not want to win by Tito", remembered.

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