Gattuso explains the way in which Barça influenced his entire career

The FC Barcelona has transformed the global perspective of the football. The Barça of Guardiola or the one of Cruyff are stood out emblems of the club that revolutionised the understanding of this sport. These staff, elogiadas along the years, keep on being remembered until the day of today. In particular, Gennaro Gattuso, the Italian and current legend trainer of the Olympique of Marseilles, elogió fervientemente to the club blaugrana in an interview with L'Instrument. It explained how the game of the Barcelona, with figures like Messi, Xavi and Iniesta, left a deep impression in him.

"Always I have reflexionado on the game. When had 27-28 years, begin to confront us to the Barcelona of Xavi, Iniesta, Ronaldinho, Messi... Something changed inside me", shared in the French newspaper. "We ran during ninety-five minutes, did a marathon in each party against them and touched the balloon three or four times. We did not understand what was us sucediendo. We asked after us what, when there was seven or eight players behind the line expecting the balloon... And never we recovered any!".

Gattuso Also revealed that the clashes with the Barcelona were a turning point that altered his perspective on the football: "Had four defenders, they had a false nine and had numerical superiority everywhere. It was then when I began to understand why ours mentality of this moment was not us giving the fruits that expected. It was then when really I began to interest me by the game in question. I observed, I studied...".

Guardiola, one of his maximum referents

Besides, when to the exjugador of the Milan asked him on which trainers are his referents, aventuró to explain an anecdote on the time that went to witness a training of Guardiola in the Bayern of Munich in 2013. "I expected almost three days out of the centre of training of the Bayern to see arrive the car of Pep", related Gennaro. "It had not asked him at all to anybody, does not like me ask favours. It recognised me when finally it happened beside us, but this was two days afterwards. What cold had!".

To the equal that Gattuso, are many the legends of the sport that elogian the valuable contribution of the team of the City Condal to the world-wide football. Although the current Barcelona crosses a challenging stage, can not deny his importance like team and his stood out approach of work, that has carried him to harvest successes and be considered one of the best teams in the history of the football.