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.

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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.

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.