It has not been an easy season, but Ernesto Valverde already can say that it is a historical of the FC Barcelona. In his première in the bench of the Camp Nou, the one of Viandar of the Edge has known recomponer to a team very 'touched' to go back to give him airs of champion, and with a title already in the pocket, is to a step of the doublet.
The preparador extremeño parked the doubts on his figure with an exhibition does hardly some days, the one who cost him première his vitrinas like Barcelona. The Glass of the King 2017-18 is the first official trophy of the Txingurri, and in addition to being only the principle, has planted him in a selecto club inside the entity culé.
Valverde, winner of the Glass like player and trainer
After raising it dressed of short in 1990, Ernesto Valverde is one of the few that it can boast to having won the Glass of the King like player and trainer. To date, only five personalities had reached this put before, and the names with which codea are of the more illustrate.
Romà Forns, Domènec Balmanya, Johan Cruyff, Pep Guardiola and Luis Enrique also attained it, being the first of them an authentic pioneer. Forns Proclaimed champion in 1910, 1912 and 1913 on the lawn and afterwards did it like director. Something more took Balmanya, that premièred in 1942 and bent in 1957.
Cruyff And Valverde, destinations tied
The curiosity puts it a legend like Cruyff, that in addition to winning like footballer in 1978, aimed a Glass like trainer in 1990, precisely with Valverde between the members of his staff. The ex of the Athletic also went through the City Condal during some years, and did not go of empty.
The more winners are definitely, Guardiola and Luis Enrique, that shared doublet on the terrain of game, in 1997 and 1998, and afterwards won it in repeated occasions. The one of Santpedor remained it to him in 2009 and 2012 and the Asturian began the series in 2015, adding also 2016 and 2017.