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Read of the Day: The Left Hand Takes Charge

Vicente Del Bosque — a nice guy, went the party line in Spain, but a caretaker with a soft, “left handed” approach to the easiest job in the world, nothing more than rolling out the balls and telling the Barça 7 to play like Barça. Wrong – especially about his squad list, his lineups and substitutions, his use of Busquets and Torres (integral to Villa’s success) and Fabregas, holding him until the end, which liberated Iniesta to dominate in extra time. “Nice guys do not always come last…Vicente del Bosque is a good man. He is also a good manager.” (Sid Lowe/Sports Illustrated)

(Image credit: Univesidad Europea de Madrid/Flickr through a Creative Commons license.)

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Barcelona ’09-’10 2-1 Barcelona ’08-’09

Three trophies versus one — how could this year’s FC Barcelona have been even better than last year’s? Because they were better defensively, both collectively and individually; Busquets was better than Toure; Pedro gave them flexibility; and the systems were more various and more effective, pace the Inter tie. “Whisper it quietly, but this was a better Barcelona side than last season.” (Zonal Marking)