They fulfil forty years of the League of Cruyff

Under the égida of the rutilante Dutch star Johan Cruyff the Barça was doing a League 1973/74 exceptional, with milestones so memorables like the 0-5 attained in the Bernabéu two months ago. The Barcelona command was incontestable and the team that directed Marinus Michels no desaprovechó the first occasion that had to conquer of mathematical way a title that resisted him from the period of Helenio Herrera, did fourteen years.

Apotheosis in the Molinón. The appointment was in the Molinón in front of the Sporting of Gijón on 7 April 1974. The Barça was quite upper, but the Asturian group, with the big goleador Quini in the forward, showed very combativo. Like this, the first goal of the Barça, work of Rexach (minute 35), was traced back by the Sporting by means of Ciriaco (minute 48, of penal), and Loyal (minute 58). But that Barça had like one of his virtues the one of not to crease never and a hat-trick of Marcial (minutes 74, 80 and 88) left the final result in a conclusive 2-4.

As it could not be of another way, when finishing the party the euphoria between the players barcelonistas was immense, while the sportive Asturian public prorrumpía in applauses in recognition of the big victory of the Barça. Already in the changing rooms, the president Agustí Montal, very thrilled, embraced with all and each one of his footballers.

That historical day left a pair of sentences for the history, pronounced before and after the party. Before the pitido initial Cruyff espetó to the referee Segrelles: "You pitar well, we win. And eye because there is a delegation of the UEFA looking". By his part, the Peruvian forward Hugo 'Cholo' Sotil called by telephone to his mother when finishing the meeting and said him: "Mamita, campeonamos!"