Recommended Reading: The Secrets of Barca

Soccer journalist Simon Kuper on the seven little-known (until now) tactics FC Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola stresses:

Guardiola once compared Barcelona’s style to a cathedral. Johan Cruijff, he said, as Barça’s supreme player in the 1970s and later as coach, had built the cathedral. The task of those who came afterwards was to renovate and update it. Guardiola is always looking for updates. If a random person in the street says something interesting about the game, Guardiola listens.

- John C.L. Morgan