Arteta compares his beginnings at Barça with those of Gündogan

Mikel Arteta, in the previous of the friendly of pre-season that confronts to the Arsenal against the Barça, took a moment to express his feel regarding how the fact to arrive to the City Condal is able to change the form to see the football completely. Standing out like Johan Cruyff and his revolutionary ideas on this sport changed him completely the form to perceive it.

The ex technical assistant of Guardiola has related these comments with Ilkay Gündogan, the one who affirmed that before knowing to Pep Guardiola, one of the most stood out students of the philosophy 'cruyffiana', "did not know at all of the football". The Spanish highlighted that he experienced something similar with the mythical Dutch trainer: "Comparing it a bit, to me happened me when were 15 years old and was to the Barcelona. Johan did me understand that the football was very distinct to what I thought".

Gündogan Is done 'to the measure' for this Barça

The peak of the exjugador of the Borussia Dortmund arrived precisely when incorporating these concepts under the orders of the ex trainer of the Barcelona group, the one who finalised his development and him inculcó the most important principles of the football 'to the Cruyff': touch and mobility. This appearance is especially notable if it considers that it arrived to the City Condal, where this style of game is predominant. Therefore, his incorporation fits perfectly with the plans of Xavi and would have to integrate without problems in the eleven headline of the technician of Terrassa.

Johan Cruyff and his identity of game will follow trascending in the history

The player and trainer always will be remembered in the world of the football like a visionario. From his period of footballer so much in the Ajax of Ámsterdam as in the FC Barcelona, recognised him like a player of big category, by something won three Balloons of Gold (1971, 1973 and 1974), with an impressive technician and an exceptional intelligence inside the field, qualities that afterwards attained to transmit to the players under his charge through his recognised philosophy of game.

Further of the titles, established an ideal that, to date, is recognizable in teams like the Barça, the Manchester City and the Ajax. That 'Total Football', characterised by an attack 'aplanador', based in the handle subtle and intelligent of the balloon by means of the constant mobility and the toqueteo of the spherical, advancing in 'triangles' so that the player that have of the balloon always have two options of pass, something to what the 'Lean' designated the 'training diamond'. This style has marked to all a generation and nowadays promote it Xavi, Pep Guardiola, Erik Have Hag, Marcelo Bielsa and the same Arteta, for mentioning some.

With Cruyff began to gestar the big successes culés

Like trainer of the combined of the Catalan capital, recognises him for having marked one of the best stages of the history of the club, forming the 'Dream Team', that team avasallador that won four consecutive leagues from 1988 and that brought to the City Condal his first Glass of Europe in 1992. To this list of winners it is necessary to add him a Supercopa of Europe in the season 92/93, a Glass of the King in the 89/90, three Supercopas of Spain (91/92, 92/93 and 94/95) and a Recopa of Europe in the 88/89.

The Barça will go back to dress of white

When speaking of Johan Cruyff, is unavoidable to remember that the last time that the cast of the City Condal played of white, in relation with the peculiar white T-shirt that the FC Barcelona will use in his party against the Arsenal, went with the Dutch in the terrain of game, in that Aston Villa - Barça of the Glass of the UEFA that finished 2-2. That historical uniform was auctioned in his moment by an initial price of 18.000 euros and this equipación that will use the culés for the meeting in front of the 'gunners' represents a clear homage to this uniform.