Jordi Cruyff • Johan Cruyff and the Barcelona way • Masterclass
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Jordi Cruyff’s formative years as a footballer were spent developing in a Barcelona squad overseen by his father, the legendary Dutch master Johan. In the first of two exclusive masterclasses for The Coaches’ Voice, the younger Cruyff gives us a fascinating insight into his father’s football philosophy, and explains how Johan used his obsession with triangles as the basis for the formations and rotations that defined his iconic Barcelona teams.
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literally blows my mind that the internet can give us information with so much substance like this from quality sources, beautiful video and thought
Internet spreads fake news Listen bbc they are so much competent
I'm Genuinely receiving more valuable knowledge from the internet as opposed to Uni. Don't even know why Uni is sooo expensive any more
@@thatomafoko879 the only thing you pay for is the qualification - it's just a way to ensure we never have a meritocracy
Amazing video. But we can't forget that Tostão won the 1970 world cup playing like a false number 9.
Guardiola's current City team makes so much sense now.
Thats nowt to do with pep
First thing I thought of
He used it vs Lyon in the QF's and lost, because he didn't have the right players to implement that,when he came to City he used 3-2-5/3-2-4-1 inverted Fullbacks inside making a box shape with two Centre Backs & Fernandinho between,he used this 3-4-3 diamond at Barca a lot,he used at Bayern to but not that much,for this system you need 4 midfielders with immense qualities something Messi,Iniesta,Xavi, Busquets had
Barcelona is the best footballing team of all time 😊
lol this is essentially every Guardiola team
Such a simple philosophy but it was the template for a dynasty like no other..R.I.P Johann Cruyff..The most innovative mind in football history..YNWA
Ynwa
@@zafranakram3098 This is Barca not LIVERPOOL!
@@zudarzahnshow5759 And? Johan Cruyff is a football legend too, not just a Barca one.
Even klopp uses the same system. He makes use of half spaces. Aerial balls from vandijk .salah runs in. High pressing. Inverted fullbacks. The philosophy is same.
@@zudarzahnshow5759 what he done in Barcelona is important and revolution of football bruh. He is father of modern football and important player in history,not only barcelona
Man just broke down Pep's philosophy in the simplest and most straight forward way possible. Unreal. Thank you for this!
its not just a man, its GODS son...
Pep"s?
@@brilliantran9808 johan cruyff bruh
@@richardvanwijngaarden4732 since it has 14 likes I won't like the comment let it stay 14
He's Dutch.
“A line up purely based on football possession and not thinking at all in how we defend” - Jordi Cruyff
Wisdom from Johan Cruyff: ''The best way to defend in football is to have ball possession on your opponent's half".
As much as I appreciate Johan is a footballer, I respect him more as a communicator. In Dutch, he is noted, and sometimes ridiculed, for his extremely simplistic of expressing his views. But when it comes to voicing something very profound in the most straightforward way, he was the king. And all of the nation adored him for it.
Best footballing brain we ever had in the history of the sport. We all know Barcelona would never reach the heights it reached without the influence of Cruyff's immense knowledge. Johan had so much impact on Barcelona that whenever our club strays and drifts away from his philosophy (consequences of wrong people at the club)we get punished for it, and very hard.
Absolutely true!
So true. Thats why we dont have many transfers as very successful. Mostly its the la masia that reaches greatest in this club
@@akashsaurav8216 FDJ is a great transfer. embodiment of the Cruijff way
how he lost Laudrup, Romario, and Stoichkov within 2 years?
@@mvanzijderveld3826 The transfers who come from ajax academy will always be good in barcelona because they share the same way of playing football .
2:37 who else noticed, that when Koeman shifted to 3 at the back during these two weeks, Barca looks like a completely new team !!
Messi's free role does render some additional responsibility on the midfield, especially the DMFs like Busquets or Pjanic or De Jong whoever is playing in Guardiola's role. Messi drops down to the attacking midfield or deeper to increase the numbers there and then sprays it towards the wings or those making the runs. If he puts it in the wings, he runs in and adds numbers in the opponent's half. The problem this season is there are no strikers in the absence of Suarez, which is why 3-5-2 is the closest we play well - but not with Griezemann - we need Dembele to make those runs forward - he needs to be more clinical there. If Ansu Fati and Araujo are back, we will be a far better team than what we are right now. Lenglet is a problem so is Umtiti. Pique is old so cannot track back to pacy wingers, and Dest and Alba can track back only when playing in 3-5-2
Exactly
Exactly haha
Spot on! Those two games against Seville was a fearless BARCA with two clean sheets and high press. the high possession was actually productive and actually useful rather than the old high possession with no shots on goal. Messi is still heavily relied on but the 3-5-2 "strong offence results in good defence" is a good philosophy
It's sound unrealistic how he doesn't look that type of football at the beginning, Barcelona lost important points in the first half of the tournament
Put respect on peps name for sticking to his Barca roots throughout management.. he sticks to same concept his idol thought him, as he learned playing on the pitch.. #ViscaBarca !!
Not to mention he did made some things on his own. Everything has been done under the sun but how you do it is different. Pep likes to have quick decisons over the course of 90 minutes & that's the reason , even when he loses ? He doesn't get outclassed .
@@realog868 yeah you are right about his little variation but throughout its the values of Johan cryff which is shown in peps play.
Koeman will do well, he is also a very good student of Johan Cryuff. Ever since Koeman changed barça to 3 at the back, we are on a whole new level and the football, it's exciting!
@@dpbera absolutely! I have renewed faith in the team, honestly this team is looking very bright.. and with Laporta we can really believe that we’ll progress as a club not just financially off the pitch, but on the pitch! He’s a had a few rash decisions in the past, but for the most part he’s been nothing but a blessing to our club.. a true Catalan, someone who sticks to our philosophy. When he first came in he has the face mask with the number 14 on it so did his staff.. which just that, shows you the honour he has in Barca’s philosophy of play.. we’ll get back to the top sooner than later.. #ViscaBarca!! Hope to see you at the camp nou one day bro! We’re all one, more than a club ❤️ 🔵 🔴
@@dpbera well at least you guys got Xavi now who has the same philosophy.
Must have been amazing to have the greatest football mind as a father
It can also be difficult, especially for the psyche of the child to have a super human in his field. So many children of legends have either had tough mental problems or just given up the careers because of the unwritten pressure that comes with it. Hope Jordi did not suffer from that or was carefully taken care of.
It is a big name to carry.
@@robertarisz8464and he never ever came close to living up to the basics
Cruyff is the einstein of football
No. Einstein is the Cruyff of Physics
Rinus Michels invented this style
@@pedriknight3699 True..But I think even b4 that It was hungarians or something in 30s or 40s🤔..tht introduced concept of total football/similar attacking football
@@g0thamcityfcYe hungary in the 50s was very good
Imagine Cruijff managing FC Barcelona in 2008-2012 (Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Busquets,...) RIP Johan Cruijff
I doubt that he could make Messi succesful if he still use his old formula
He had Guardiola for that, and Guardiola, according to Cruyff himself, had it spots on
@@lexkanyima2195 messi was a false 9 soo he would perfectly 👌
We had Pep, his protege and the greatest mind in football after Cruyff, handling it, which is why we were so successful during the era. As a player, he was Cruyff's chief agent on the pitch and understood his philosophy just as much as him. Cruyff himself attested to Pep's prowess as a manager and his adherence to the Cruyff philosophy through the development of tiki taka. Soon, Xavi will be the next in line of these great managers. I can feel it
@@bachopinbee5991 literally, that team was at its absolute PEAK when pep was managing the team.. the way koeman got us playing now though? We’re on 🔥🔥🔥
curious to see him in laporta's board
Especially teaming up with Koeman
yes sir 💪
Will be he?
He's now negotiating a peaceful end of the contract with his current Chinese club.
@@morrisskrzynecka611 yea
This was a very interesting insight from Jordi into Barcelona's playing philosophy. His father Johan was a footballing legend. We all spent hours on the pitch practicing his famous turns 🤣
Cruyff turn... simple but lethal
Tremendous video. You can see how the likes of Guardiola and Koeman et all took the teachings of Cruyff into their own footballing philosophy and put their own spin on it.
Koeman 🤣
I personally disagree. I don’t think Koeman follows Cruyff’s philosophy as far as I can tell from the way his teams play. Guardiola on the other hand I agree with.
@@iltsib3783 Barcelona plays the same style...Koeman adapted to the team style when coaching other teams but right now, Barca is playing the Cruyff style itself. Our problems stem from the fact that we had older players but with time that will be resolved - younger players are playing well now.
@@iltsib3783 I think Koeman is just trying to work with the players he has for now, if he had a transfer window things would be different
@@edgarsoto1575 Koeman is a little less Cruyff like as a coach but in times of desperation he moved to a 3 at the back that he personally played in under Cruyff and it has lead to some beautiful games!
. Aguero Sterling Mahrez . Gundo . Cancelo KDB . Rodri . Laporte Walker . Dias . Ederson
Doesn't play that formation anymore
You’re missing context. You don’t just play 343 diamond for no reason. Because against a team who plays 3 attackers (like 433) or Manchester United’s 4231 with 3 attackers, 343 diamond won’t work. That’s why Johan plays 433. Why? Because 4 at the back beats 3 attackers. Likewise, against a team that uses 442 with 2 attackers, then 343 diamond is useful. Do you understand? So, pep still plays 433, as of recently, he’s playing 4231. Again, the formation is the blueprint, the tactics are what matters and how to utilize all of your players. You can’t use a formation that won’t work with the players you have.
Pep plays 4231 with KDB as cam and gundo as the deep lying playmaker.
Stones over Walker
. Haaland Fati Trincão . Messi . Pedri Puig . De Jong . Alaba Pique Araújo . Ter Stegan
Now we get were Pep got his genius technical knowledge! These formation are so visible with pep managing city,Barca or bayern. LEGENDARY Johan Cruyff!!
Arteta too
@@axe8039 💀
People don't realize how much Cruyff actually changed the game of football forever. Such a legendary player and manager. I hope The Coaches' Voice keeps releasing videos like this with tactical insight. Such an underrated channel
jordi is so lucky , he has that gene on him. greatness. merci johan
Pep is a dream student for any teacher.
It is so good that I want to cry 🙌🏼
Johan Cruyff the tactical masterclass❤
Thank you Jordi for your explanation for such an iconic playing of Barcelona.
It is crazy. Jordi went over all the players' names and I still remember all of them. This was 25 years ago. Cruyff was really a master of football.
Great video. Grew up watching the Dream Team play. Johan was truly a master!
No wonder Barcelona stands as one of the best since!
Glad you enjoyed it!
He almost explains it better than his dad ever could! One of the the things that Johan said that isn’t covered here though is that even though they only had three at the back the defenders would all still have a turn piling forward. He said that opposition attackers either had to track them or get a bollocking from their teammates. Just messes with any team’s attacking plans.
Wow... this is the formation we used against Sevilla. The 31231. But we had wing backs instead of Johan’s wingers.
More like a 3-1-4-2...Busq was the Sole DM with alba pedri Frenkie and Dest pushing high and Messi and Dembele in 2 with dembele running behind the Defense which led to the 1st goal
In the youth I played couple of times against Jordi against Ajax. I played at an amateur club in Amsterdam and I was his direct opponent. We lost both two games against them. Johan Cruijff and Tonnie Bruins Slot were also watching. We got nervous when we heard at halftime that Cruijff was also watching. Still a nice memory.
Hi
Thank you very much Jordi Cruyff. This was the best explanation of the Cruyff football. I have seen all Guardiolas matches as coach since he took over Bayern until now in Man City. And you are explaining exactly how he plays in this video. I would be interested knowing more about how to achieve a good rhythm in the passing game. Because I believe that is the key to succeed with this philosophy. How do you teach the players to pass the ball in the right tempo, in the right time, in the right direction..??? Thank you very much!
That’s where u need a quality players with vision like xavi and iniesta knowing exactly when to release and when not to release
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@@jojodawide3097 but even with low technical players, the key is off ball movement. Cruyff said many times that football is a choreography; movements without the ball have to be perfectly synchronized. You need players with the intelligence to know when and where to move in each sequence of play. Constant positioning by every player is the key, for that to happen observation is essential.
@@alvaroandrespizzavarela878 true You can see how the team of Xavi can play like this and the think is that they play in Qatar
Fascinating how all the disciples of cruyff have different footballing philosophies but his same personality
All of those names bring back my childhood memories and the reason why I loved Barca, their distinct way of playing. Didn't care about the result much those days (well, except the 0-4 humiliation in CL final from Milan hahaha..)
So smart and so understandable when he talks. Quite like his father. Welcome back Jordi❤️
And he's back at Barcelona now. Welcome Jordi! 🔵🔴
Johan Cruyff is the mastermind behind what we've seen under Pep
Thank you, Jordi. That was inspiring tactical wisdom
Thanks I just came across this and now i seen what Arteta is trying to implement.
Can we get Italian managers/ players next? Nesta? Lippi ( a dream😅) etc. etc. keep up the great work👍🏼👍🏼
simple: at least 7 players behind the ball. 2 strikers and and a playmaker.
Gasperini would be nice
Johan Cruyff is the most influential person in modern football. His legacy lives through Pep Guardiola. Now Xavi is also displaying that in Qatar.
Amazing. Just Amazing
Intriguing and insightful as always. Well done TCV.
Thanks for the videos. Keep uploading more quality stuff.
Amazing how advanced and how much credit this team is now getting with Pep's success and now Koeman adopting similar tactics! We say about the dream team and talk about Crufyff's genius but he really was a game changer and we owe so much thanks to him for the beautiful football in the modern game
Just the mentioning of the names gives me goosebumps...
Incredible, learn fro the best! Vamos Comandante... cheers from Serbia, Ivan
My favorite video on the site.
Absolutely fascinating insight into a man who transformed football forever
Props to the coach but also the players for being able to execute his vision 👏
Like father like son...Love to see more of his football philosophy😊😊
Excellent! Learned so much and I'm not a soccer player by experience.
This needs to be what we need now
Thank you Jordi, a fine player in your own right!
MASTERclass if there ever was one.
It's a shame that Jordi didn't get the stylish hair of Johan
Why ? Every hairstyle is different
or the looks or the footballing talent :(
Great clip, great insight. Would love to see a similar video of the opposing philosophy of defence and counter attack also. Like the Catenaccio tactics of various Italian teams
Quality content! Massive thanks Coaches Voice! Please keep up the good work
More to come!
now Koeman continue this idea
Koeman?🤣 u mean pep
What an explanation
Top tier channel 🙌🏽🙌🏽
Amazing
Wow this is amazing 🥲. I’ve been fortunate enough to play his system on a coaching level and to see it on a pitch brings tears to my eyes.
I can relate to every player and their roles he is talking about with this current Barcelona Team.
Is always good to compare strategies and tactics from different epoch
Wonderful
Excellent video
This was the video i was searching for.
True football brain 💯🔥 #legend #forçabarça 💙❤️
Johan Cruyff was the best player of all time. a manger on the pitch and a master on the ball
Excellent
To be honest I used to be a casual fan of the sport and played it for fun but since joining a team and understanding the coaches minds and why they play certain styles is what truly makes the game a piece of art and I hope laporta can convince jordi cruyff to join his bord
More on this please,maybe from Guardiola & his philosophy
Can we just appreciate how crazy and amazing that football board is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😍😍, I mean i want one and I'm not even a analyst, it's like I would really love to have one😍🔥.
Brilliant
The best formation ever to exist. Cruyyf knew the importance of triangles and it showed.
Very useful
1-2-1-2-1-2-1 Cruyff formation at 8:05
Kind of what Koeman applied vs Sevilla both in the league and the cup 😍😍
Even Thomas Tuchel employs a hybrid version of this formation. Superb video!
Thanks Jes!
Tuchel isn't as risky as this Barca
I understood all of this and it was awesome, great. Now only thing left to do is show this to my teammates 🤦🏽♂️
In the 2000s my development club in under 13 division, the coach favoured this style. Not so much total football but he emphasized triangles in training such that every player has at least 2 players to accept a pass at all times. our back 4 was a little warped for my 10 year old mind to understand but the basis of it was there were traditional full backs that stay back, they never cross the half line. The one centre back played ahead of the others, sort of sweeper-ish. What the coach called the #4 his job was make sure the #5 who was always the last man before the keeper and the full backs #2 and #3 weren't allowed to be behind the last man ever. The #5 absolutely had to have a big mouth or a loud voice, he had to move the others with him constantly. The midfield was a flat 4. Wingers #7 and #11 were only allowed to advance forward. Central players #6 and #8 were to stay put and pick passes either to wingers or to strikers #10 and #9. Strikers were instructed to play 2 touch as much as possible, one to receive second to shoot. The coach was able to make it understood to the smarter ones who were just about to turn 13 and move on to the next division or leave the club. I was a dumb kid but now the tactics make sense although I fail to see the strict man marking working out when zonal discipline was part of the instructions. Coach was more caught up in the style over the joy of the players. It showed given the best finish those tactics got was 4th place in a league of like 8-12 teams when kids generally played for fun more than they played for actual football competition. These days the same club has new and younger coaches with more tactics who actually explain to the kids why specific things are done and they simpler but successful systems. They now win the league often compete for it if they arent winning it. A shame all that started after i finished school 🤐
Legend
Fantastisch.
Thanks for more quality stuff. Simple yet brilliant from Cruyff with Jordi very articulate, able to explain the main concepts clearly. Would be nice for him to return to Barca and help with our rebuild.
2021-22 realistic lineup if messi signs new contract . . Fati Dembele Trincao . Messi . Pedri De Jong . Busquets . Garcia Mingueza . Araújo . . Ter Stegen
Barcelona's formation isn't always the same. It's very likely that their main formation will continue to be the classic 4-3-3 but this sounds like a very nice alternative against certain teams.
I need that board.
Cruyff has to be the greatest coach of all time and also the greatest influencer ever in football history
He is
the way Johann Cruyff wanted to play football is really amazing when Jordi Cruyff says barca has never had a pure no9 I felt like I'm good at analyzing cause when we were playing under pep we had the same tactics we never had a pure no9 until we got suarez and that is not our style of football he wanted everyone to be creative even the goal keeper that makes him unique now under koeman we have been creating chances just for fun where other teams would find it difficult but when it comes to finishing only god knows .:( this season we've lost in laliga only cause of defender(lenglet) doing a lot of errors that too in last min which is horrible thing to watch entire team keeps playing to win except lenglet(not including greizmann cause idk what to say about him no idea why we bought him) ..we keepdominating the entire match to win but when our opponent gets the ball just one attack in the end and boom we concede. we are in this situation only because of koeman he's the who made everything look harder comeon man WHO NEEDS COMEBACK against each and every team we play WHEN WE USED TO DOMINATE..comeback vs a team like granada ?? cause we've spent millions and millions in transfer market he is the reason why everything looks scuffed for barca he doing a good job even when he doesn't have luxury to rotate our squad since half of our STAR players are injured this season but still he has to win matches against small teams .....really appreciate the way de jong is playing for us he is playing in mid field supports attack when we need goals and koeman is using him as a CB aswell still he is playing like a beast his workrate is top notch
You can clearly see a lot of similar roles of these players and of barca''s current squad. the 3 at the back obvious.. two forward wing players, now wingbacks being attacking (dest alba). the distributors: (busquets as central defender and cdm, then messi sometimes as cdm to start attacks/passing, also sometimes de jong). the connector to get the distributor out of pressure and continue plays between sections of the pitch (pedri). the box to box player (de jong, who is learning all of the roles essentially bc he will eventually captain barcelona as the guardiola of the team. The only thing really missing is that number 9 which imo dembele doesnt fit but haaland would slide in absolutely perfectly. can threaten the entire attacking third and can be fed from anywhere and retain possession. I personally dont think dembele fits into any spot at alll in a system like they have now. koeman will need to create alternate attacking set ups to enable/unleash the full potential of dembele. that will be his task next season.
Welcome Jordi Cruyff as the technical secretary of FC Barcelona
The moment when all lines get connected it shapes like the tree of life. Iv been thinking in my head a lot about football systems and formations and Just play around in my head without any knowledge and this was actually kind of the line up I came up with. Allthough in my head the 2 wingers would be more of wingbacks to have widh. And the three midfield players in front of guardiola have free roles and be very good football players with the feet and dribbles and eith their back to the goal. But then you miss out on wingers. Maybe have 2 of the three run behind as a winger or have the wingbacks pop up as wingers when opportunity arises but they would need monster stamina, speed and good crosses.
Nice
I want this in barca again
P. Jackson - Johan Cruyff Triangles / Steve Kerr - Pep Guardiola Triangle's evolution
who will be the next mind set in football will definitely be Sergio BUsquest. the guy has all the quality to be a very successful coach .
Would love to see a Jupp Heynckes 2013 Bayern masterclass.
People who doubt jordi for the rumoured role of tech sec in new board must watch this. This guy knows his shit.
Amazing 🤩
Thanks for Korean Subtitle
Please Welcome To Barcelona
My son im proud of u..
One of the rare videos that made me watch full video . I was looking on a post on insta where it said " Maradona - Great Player but a Bad Manager , Pep - Great Manager but not a very good player & then there's Zidane who was a great player & is a Great Manager". It's quite disheartening to see People not knowing what Pep was. He was the Brain of the Team , not a shiny Player but he understood the Game More than anyone . Players rn don't have the same Passion as they had back in the days especially since 2015 , afterwards the game got a bit too crap with sacking , transfers every year. Even at city he doesn't buy players who are already at Top Mostly , he see the quality & then goes for them . Sterling , Bruyne( altho he didn't buy ) , Stones , Dias , Laporte , Cancelo , Jesus , Silva & Many more were unknowns & wasn't considered the bests in their respective positions. Tactically the man never got outshined but at the end , it's the players that needs to get the job done.
Tbh Pep is a legend but as a Player Zidane >> Pep and as Manager Pep >> Zidane