One of these pleasures that had all barcelonista till lately was can read, listen and see to all a myth of the club as it was Johan Cruyff explain anecdotes or dismiss the actuality of the club with all the naturalidad and sincerity that always has characterised him. This pleasure that from does already several months can not allow very to his weigh, after the big loss that has suffered by his disappearance. However, the documentary of TV3 "Gràcies Johan" comes to treat to occupy part of this gap left.
And as it could not be of another way, in said documentary appears again Johan that it does not doubt to chat of all what surrounds to the ball, his go through the Barça and the current situation of the team. In a extract of this, in which it keeps a genial conversation with the philosopher balompédico Jorge Valdano, Cruyff speaks of different appearances so much of his life, like the famous "go out and enjoy", why seated in a balloon or the famous no labeling to Manolo, as of the actuality culé, centring in speaking in Leo Messi and his innate gift.
On the crack rosarino, Cruyff does clear the importance that have had for his game Xavi, Iniesta or Busquets as "if you give him 30 balloons to do something or five, the difference is enormous. Same Messi, same quality, is not one or another. For his game, a Busquets, Xavi or an Iniesta are so important so that he can touch. Or, what is the same, Messi is better when it plays beside footballers that speak his same language futbolístico". And in his opinion, the height has something that see: "Messi has the enormous advantage that as has the same height that Xavi see in the eyes. These details are those that do the difference".
"Never you know if you play well or badly, but to enjoy can play always"
One of the anecdotes that always will surround the áura of the Dutch myth will be the famous talk that gave him to the "Drem Team" before achieving the first Glass of Europe in the Barcelona history. That in which it pronounced the famous "go out and enjoy". "I enjoyed, have said it always to the players, never know if you play well or badly, but to enjoy can play always", confirmed in front of Valdano Johan that desgranó his theory. "If you go to 100% and do what can, more can not ask. Perhaps you go to play once in the life a final of Champions. If you do not enjoy, you are crazy stray", said in this regard.
Another of the imágens curious of the trainer, that afterwards copied his disciples as Pep Guardiola, is the one to seat on a balloon. Something that Cruyff thought that it moved him away to be able to see the fútbo the distance. "The football it is necessary to see it from far, when I seat me in a balloon have sight, if I go running lose the sight, all the perspective is different", explained.
The respect of Valdano to Cruyff
Another of the most fun anecdotes that could see in the documentary was the one who explained Jorga and Johan, to the pair, a day that the Barça confronted to the Alavés, where militaba Valdano. "We brought a 0-0 from Vitoria, to the first time pursued to Johan inside the area, braked in dry and tried esquivarlo, penalti in favour of the Barça and arrived the 1-0", confirmed the Argentinian. "A player falls lesionado, Cruyff looked to the player, called to the auxiliaries and Johan had the ball under the arm and said him why do not remain you you that and give us another to the other", to what Johan answered with a conclusive: "You how call you and how many years have". The Argentinian said: "Jorge Valdano, 19 years", and the Dutch answered: "To Johan Cruyff to the 19 years calls him of you". This caused the laughs of the two in the conversation and in his moment, the total embarrassment of Jorge Valdano that did not know like reacting.
Something that describes of way inmejorable the philosophy of Cruyff was the famous no labeling to the that was leading of the Athletic of Madrid Manolo. "The lean" commented that his own players said him "this boy has a desmarque fantastic", to what Johan answered them: "as if we do not mark it it will not have desmarque. I said, do not mark it and then never marked a goal". Genius and figure, always the good of Johan, doing smile to the barcelonismo even after having it stray.