Chapter - The last supper, Madrid, Spain 1974.
(Real Madrid 0 Barça 5)
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The final whistle arrived amid Ole-le, Ola-la, ser del Barça és el millor que hi ha from a small pack of blaugrana supporters.
“Why couldn’t you beat a richer club? I’ve never seen a bag of money score a goal.”
The Battleship of 'Totaalvoetbal' armed with lethal philosophy had arrived in Spain and Johan Cruijff was called upon to take first command of the lead.
This was one of the few el Clasicos to have a legit political bend to it.
It wasn’t just Catalonia vs Spain, it was Cruyff vs Franco.
The summer of '73 saw the great Dutchman fall out of favour with the board of his beloved Ajax and having snubbed the interests of Real Madrid after claiming he would never play for a club with ties to the fascist, oppressive regime of Francisco Franco.
Johan Cruijff took his expertise to the symbol of struggle, art and revolution Barcelona.
There he was reconciled with his old mentor and pioneer of
'Totaalvoetbal' Rinus Michels.
A level of shame only Johan Cruijff had imposed on Real Madrid.
The BernaLeo then known as Bernabéu felt the gales then, sucking into the Cruijff cyclone ripping Madridstas hearts like they were shredded nationalist flags caught in a storm, crushing them to bits.
Ah... ♥ the fluidity and, oh...♥ the gorgeous movement of the Catalans that night left the home side chasing shadows.
Real had been put to shame and their defense was as useful as a screen door on a submarine.
Golazo-azo-azo from the Juan Manuel Asensi off of his right foot, which turns into an absolute howitzer.
After half an hour and Barça doubled their lead less than ten minutes later as Cruyff the sinister creates magic and he vaporizes the Real Madrid defense with a true dutchman golazo,
Oh....the first class ticket punched on the face of Franco.
Hugo Sotil hammered the final nail into the Madrid coffin.
The 5-0 from 1974 was unquestionably Total Football's finest hour.
35 years until Messi and Henry would inflict a similar level of shame upon the Bernabeu 6 fu*king 2.
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