I really like this article that I came across today and would like to share it with you guys. I am still smarting from watching my beloved Man United get crushed by Barcelona 3-1 in the Champions League final for the 2nd time in 3 years. Commentators and most people are saying this is the best football side in a long time with a great coach, great home grown players and a great start player. It can not be beaten. Yet the team that was able to beat them twice and drawn them once this year turns out to be a little known Russian team called Rubin Kazan. Here was what the coach said in 2010:

"I studied all Barcelona’s games in the Spanish championship. The game against Valencia [a 0-0 draw] was the most helpful to understand them. I noticed that Xavi and Andrés Iniesta – key players ...

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