As Barcelona prepare for another Club World Cup final,
2006 Champions League hero Juliano Belletti compares
the three great coaches.
Former Barcelona right-back Juliano Belletti has run the rule
over the Barcelona side ahead of the Club World Cup final
against River Plate, saying it compares favourably with the
sides of Frank Rijkaard and Pep Guardiola.
Luis Enrique and Barcelona will go head-to-head with Argentine
champions River in Sunday's final, having claimed the treble last
season.
Barca won the Champions League, La Liga and Cope del Rey in
2014-15.
Belletti - who played for Barcelona from 2004-2007, famously
scoring his first and only goal for the club in the 2006
Champions League final win against Arsenal - believes there are
similarities between Luis Enrique's men and that of Frank
Rijkaard he played in.
"The now has possession of the ball but they also try to find the
goal at all costs," Belletti said.
"The trident of [Luis] Suarez, Neymar and [Lionel] Messi
reminds me of the one we had with [Ludovic] Giuly, Ronaldinho
and [Samuel] Eto'o when I was playing."
Comparing his Barca teams with that of Pep Guardiola and Luis
Enrique's proved more difficult for the former Brazil
international.
"They all had different ways of playing," Belletti said. "With
Rijkaard, we had Ronaldinho. It was pure magic.
"Guardiola highlighted the collective game, and his football
changed the way of understanding the game, with Messi
becoming the Pele of our generation.
"Now, they have the three players [Suarez, Messi and Neymar]
who make a direct difference to the game themselves, but they
understand each other collectively, which is rare in football
where everyone looks out for themselves."
2006 Champions League hero Juliano Belletti compares
the three great coaches.
Former Barcelona right-back Juliano Belletti has run the rule
over the Barcelona side ahead of the Club World Cup final
against River Plate, saying it compares favourably with the
sides of Frank Rijkaard and Pep Guardiola.
Luis Enrique and Barcelona will go head-to-head with Argentine
champions River in Sunday's final, having claimed the treble last
season.
Barca won the Champions League, La Liga and Cope del Rey in
2014-15.
Belletti - who played for Barcelona from 2004-2007, famously
scoring his first and only goal for the club in the 2006
Champions League final win against Arsenal - believes there are
similarities between Luis Enrique's men and that of Frank
Rijkaard he played in.
"The now has possession of the ball but they also try to find the
goal at all costs," Belletti said.
"The trident of [Luis] Suarez, Neymar and [Lionel] Messi
reminds me of the one we had with [Ludovic] Giuly, Ronaldinho
and [Samuel] Eto'o when I was playing."
Comparing his Barca teams with that of Pep Guardiola and Luis
Enrique's proved more difficult for the former Brazil
international.
"They all had different ways of playing," Belletti said. "With
Rijkaard, we had Ronaldinho. It was pure magic.
"Guardiola highlighted the collective game, and his football
changed the way of understanding the game, with Messi
becoming the Pele of our generation.
"Now, they have the three players [Suarez, Messi and Neymar]
who make a direct difference to the game themselves, but they
understand each other collectively, which is rare in football
where everyone looks out for themselves."
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