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Barcelona Shows the Way!
In the FIFA World Club Cub final, Spain's Barca just made beating Brazil's Santos look easy, but it belies the hard work of recruiting and training, perfecting individual skills and fitness, and shoving ego aside to play with the whole team on offense and defense, content to play ones role, yet still shining when individual artistry is called for. Thanks to the original masters of team and artistic play: a lot from Hungary and Brazil, then from Johan Cruyf helping to bring it to Spain's richly ready culture, then Coach Pep Gardiolla insisting on the ultra-team play we see dominating all challenges. Will the rest of the world catch on?
