Guardiola mailboxes and Del Bosque will surely have had a busy activity in recent days, full of Christmas cards and commendations merit based on their good work in front of Barcelona and the Spanish. Champions League, among others, and World are all technical credentials that would take into his service, and both coaches enjoy a reputation that transcends the borders of our country. A country that rises to the idols of the mind but has little memory of past heroes. Surely Frank Rijkaard and Luis Aragones will not have had the same number of Christmas cards, even though it was they who planted the tree with care care today their existing responsibilities.
Their stories are different, but important points in common. One came young and inexperienced the helm Nou Camp, while another accepted the position of coach with a track record on his resume. Rijkaard came to Barcelona Laporta a Gaspart hand was plunged into chaos sporting, social and institutional. Luis Aragones was preparing to coach a national team with an invisible barrier installed in the quarterfinals of the major championships proved unable to overcome, but at Euro 2004, in Iñaki Sáez's hand, had not even moved from the first phase. Difficult enterprises, a challenge for both coaches.
The beginnings were very complicated. Rijkaard was found broken with a sports team where only the recent hiring of Ronaldinho brought some light. For his part, Luis Aragones's team did not shine in the World Cup in Germany, where he was eliminated in the second round against France. There were voices that called for a new coach, just like there was in Barcelona when Rijkaard's team lost miserably in Malaga and the Catalan club sank into the table. In the selection, things did not improve in qualifying for Euro 2008: After two consecutive defeats against Northern Ireland and Sweden, the pass to the Euro and the position was complicated by Luis Aragones was reeling.
On the verge of collapse came the reaction. The Barcelona staged a magnificent second round which took him to reach the league runner-up just five points ahead of Valencia and Madrid. With Rijkaard, Barca returned to the guidelines of Dream Team, and players like Xavi or Puyol reached a new dimension. For its part, the selection got to come back and qualify for Euro, but the image was very poor and offered for the first time anyone betting on the combined Spanish and excessive optimism that always lived before each big event this time had disappeared .
The best thing for both was to come. Rijkaard led Barcelona to win two consecutive league titles after five years of drought and, above all, they won the Champions League second in club history. The success of the Spanish team at the European Championships in Austria and Switzerland was as large as unexpected: a top-flight football and precision of a surgeon, Spain was proclaimed for the second time ever European champions against all odds. That 2008 would be the final stage in Barcelona Rijkaard after two years that saw the decline of Ronaldinho, the war of egos in the locker room and the depletion of a proposal. Luis Aragones would also serves as coach, although in his case would leave the post at the top.
Guardiola, with less experience even Rijkaard on arrival, and Vicente Del Bosque would be his successor. Former Barca player did not have to start from scratch as the Dutch in their day, but left a consolidated basis, corrupt pieces of clothing removed and refined the concepts. Del Bosque did not reach the excellence of the team of Luis Aragones, but managed to keep what worked, some new parts fit as Pique, Busquets and kills or continue with the proposal from the team that won the European Championship. Spain would for the first time ever world champion, while Guardiola's Barcelona reach heights that seemed unattainable.
Rijkaard or lucky or Luis Aragones after passing through Barcelona and the Federation in their adventures in Turkey. The first team is currently training to Saudi Arabia and the second is without a club after joining Atletico rule. Without wishing to detract from any Guardiola and Del Bosque, I do believe that Frank Rijkaard and Luis Aragones should have more presence in Barcelona recognition and selection. They were the ones who took the reins of two disjointed teams and turned them into champions. Perhaps his successors had done the same, but we'll never know. What we do know is that Rijkaard and Luis Aragones is also responsible for current hits.
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