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**The Barcelona Legacy Podcast**

Get ready for the new football season with this groundbreaking new series that explores how the evolution of today’s beautiful game begins at Barcelona 25 years ago with the pioneering ideas of Johan Cruyff and was taken on by the likes of Louis Van Gaal, Jose Mournino and Pep Guardiola.

Over six weekly episodes, the Football Ramble’s Marcus Speller along with a panel of experts, will take an in depth look six incredible matches that changed football and helped to define this footballing evolution, from Cruyff’s Barcelona to Mourinho’s Real Madrid, Ferguson’s Manchester United to Guardiola’s Manchester City.

If you love football, then this is a must listen! Launching on Thursday 26th July.

The series coincides with the release of The Barcelona Legacy – a book written by one of the panellists, Guardian football correspondent Jonathan Wilson – out this month in hardback, ebook and audiobook.

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Latest Episodes:

Barcelona v Real Madrid 2010 Aug 30, 2018

Barcelona 5, Real Madrid 0. The first meeting between Pep Guardiola

and Jose Mourinho since the latter had left Inter (having beaten Barca

on his way to the Champions League crown) and joined Real.

Mourinho had been recruited by Real Madrid as the antidote to

Guardiola, the man who could topple Barcelona and bring silverware

back to Madrid. But after this drubbing, many were left wondering if

the plan had backfired.

In this, the final episode in the series, Marcus Speller and Jonathan

Wilson are joined by Ian Hawkey (The Sunday Times) to discuss the

2010 Classico and a season that went on to define the

Guardiola/Mourinho relationship and their respective styles of play

ever since.

The last in a six-part football series that explores how the evolution

of today’s beautiful game began at Barcelona 25 years ago with the

pioneering ideas of Johan Cruyff and was then taken on by the likes of

Louis Van Gaal, Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola.

Essential listening for anyone who loves football – past, present and

future!

Over six episodes, Guardian football correspondent Jonathan Wilson

and the Football Ramble’s Marcus Speller, along with a panel of

experts, take an in depth look at six incredible matches that changed

football and helped to define this footballing evolution, from Johan

Cruyff’s Barcelona to Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid, Alex Ferguson’s

Manchester United to Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City.

The series coincides with the release of The Barcelona Legacy – a

book written by Jonathan Wilson – out this month in hardback,

eBook and audiobook.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Barcelona v Inter 2010 Aug 23, 2018

The 2009 Champions League group stage saw Pep Guardiola and Jose

Mourinho go head to head for the first time as coaches.

Few were surprised when Barcelona came out on top. But then they met again

in the semi final stage of the same competition and the result was

different – dramatically so. And so began one of the game’s most

intriguing and bitter rivalries.

In this episode, Marcus Speller and Jonathan Wilson are joined by

freelance sports writer and broadcaster, Paolo Bandini to discuss the

semi final second leg between Barcelona and Inter – a match

that saw the Italians put a serious dent in the Catalan club’s aura of

invincibility.

Essential listening for anyone who loves football – past, present and

future!

Over six episodes, Guardian football correspondent Jonathan Wilson

and the Football Ramble’s Marcus Speller, along with a panel of

experts, take an in depth look at six incredible matches that changed

football and helped to define this footballing evolution, from Johan

Cruyff’s Barcelona to Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid, Alex Ferguson’s

Manchester United to Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City.

The series coincides with the release of The Barcelona Legacy – a

book written by Jonathan Wilson – out this month in hardback,

eBook and audiobook.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Barcelona v Manchester United 2009 Aug 16, 2018

It was a match that had everything – the Champions League Final in 2009 between Barcelona and Manchester United: two of the biggest clubs in the world, playing the best football, facing off in the final; Guardiola v Ferguson; the young pretender v the seasoned veteran; Messi v Ronaldo. It was a mouth-watering prospect.

In the end though, it was a match up that did not live up to its billing – at least not for United fans – as Barcelona dismantled their opponents with a mesmerising display of possession football. It was the day that Guardiola showed the world just how good a coach he had become. A match that secured him and Barcelona a treble in his first season and showed that he had taken the Cruyffian principles he had leant as a player in the 90s and evolved them into a devastating new style of play.

In this episode Marcus Speller and Jonathan Wilson are joined by Miguel Delaney (Chief Football Writer at The Independent) to discuss the 2009 Champions League Final between Barcelona and Manchester United.

This new six-part football series explores how the evolution of today’s beautiful game began at Barcelona 25 years ago with the pioneering ideas of Johan Cruyff and was then taken on by the likes of Louis Van Gaal, Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola.

Essential listening for anyone who loves football – past, present and future!

Over six episodes, Guardian football correspondent Jonathan Wilson and the Football Ramble’s Marcus Speller, along with a panel of experts, take an in depth look at six incredible matches that changed football and helped to define this footballing evolution, from Johan Cruyff’s Barcelona to Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid, Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United to Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City.

The series coincides with the release of The Barcelona Legacy – a book written by Jonathan Wilson – out this month in hardback, eBook and audiobook.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chelsea v Barcelona 2005 Aug 09, 2018

Tuesday 8th March 2005, Chelsea v Barcelona at Stamford Bridge – Jose Mourinho faces off against the club he left five years earlier, a club he knows inside and out, a club he felt rejected by, a club playing a style of football he no longer believes in.

In this episode Marcus Speller and Jonathan Wilson are joined by John Brewin (Guardian) to discuss the 2005 Champions League last 16 second leg between Chelsea and Barcelona – a match that saw the London club playing some of the most exciting football of the whole of Mourinho's career and resulted in his beating his old club playing his own brand of football.

Essential listening for anyone who loves football – past, present and future!

The series coincides with the release of The Barcelona Legacy – a book written by Jonathan Wilson – out this month in hardback, eBook and audiobook.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Barcelona v AC Milan 1994 Aug 02, 2018

In this episode Marcus Speller and Jonathan Wilson are joined by Gabriele Marcotti (The Times and Sports Illustrated) to discuss the 1994 Champions League Final between Barcelona and AC Milan. It was a match that marked the end of Cruyff's reign at Barcelona – a reign that had of unprecedented success and a hailed a new style of play that influenced the generation to follow – especially a young midfielder by the name of Pep Guardiola.

The six part series explores how the evolution of today’s beautiful game of football began at Barcelona, 25 years ago, with the pioneering ideas of Johan Cruyff and was taken on by the likes of Louis Van Gaal, Jose Mourinho and Pepe Guardiola.

Over six episodes, the Football Ramble’s Marcus Speller, along with a panel of experts, takes an in depth look at six incredible matches that changed football and helped to define this footballing evolution, from Johan Cruyff’s Barcelona to Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid, Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United to Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City.

The series coincides with the release of The Barcelona Legacy – a book written by one of the panelists, Guardian football correspondent Jonathan Wilson – out this month in hardback, eBook and audiobook

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Liverpool v Manchester City 2018 Jul 26, 2018

The first episode in a new six-part football series that explores how the evolution of today’s beautiful game began at Barcelona 25 years ago with the pioneering ideas of Johan Cruyff, and was then taken on by the likes of Louis Van Gaal, Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola.

In this episode we begin at the end of this story, looking at a classic match from the 2018 season which illustrates Cruyff's enduring legacy today.

In January 2018 Liverpool played host to Manchester City in a match that upset a remarkable winning run. Klopp – so often Kryptonite to Guardiola teams – had done it again. It was a result that had clear similarities to another match twenty four years earlier, from Guardiola's time at Barcelona in the 90s. Marcus Speller and Jonathan Wilson are joined by Jack Pitt-Brooke (The Independent) to discuss this extraordinary match, a ground-breaking City team and the lessons from the past.

Essential listening for anyone who loves football – past, present and future!

The series coincides with the release of The Barcelona Legacy – a book written by Jonathan Wilson – out this month in hardback, eBook and audiobook.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.