The most shocking part of this Barca team is not the fact they were this good but the fact that half of their players and even managers were homegrown. The odds of the worlds greatest ever defenders, Midfielders and Forwards all graduting from the same academy around the same time are astronomically small. Only competitor is probably the 70s Bayern team with Gerd Muller, Beckenbauer and Sepp Maier

I think we’ll never see a team so talented so motivated than this ever again.The amount goals they scored they were just sublime🔥🔥

Pep's Barça wasn't just peak Barça, it was peak football.

"Take the ball, Pass the ball" So simple yet such an effective, deadly and revolutionary playstyle. Never ever will you ever see such a group of players, come together and play the most beautiful football you have ever seen

The fact that Peps Barca have "2 versions" of his teams, one with Etoo and the other with Villa and Pedro, shows how great they are, plus not forget that they put probably the best and most dominant performance in the CL final ever in 2011

I am a Madrid supporter since 2009 and I was just in time for one of the great eras in football : Madrid vs Barcelona, Jose vs Pep, Ronaldo vs Messi. The dives, the slaps , the red cards and the drama. 5 El classicos in a span of 17 days we will never see anything like it ever again.

You should've mentioned that the average possession this Barcelona had in games was never less than 85%. Seeing other teams literally chase the ball around for 90 minutes was astonishing

Just to think, that inter won the treble the next season, nobody really talks about that team, barcelona and guardiola really were devasting in those years and the legacy of that tactics continue to impress us

That Barca team was so good that even the National team tried to replicate the playing style and did so very successfully tbf.

Best team I’ve ever seen tbh, Messi was unplayable obviously. Xavi and Iniesta bossing the midfield. Amazing team 👏👏

Some other things of Pep's Guardiola Barcelona : - In the final of the Champions League 2009 , due to Dani Alves and Abidal not been able to play , Sergio Busquets played as a right back lol - Guardiola also rotated Pique with Rafa Marquez at first cuz Pique was not used on playing every single game since at United he was a sub - Messi was just one more player , he was just a plus. On very tough games Messi was not the hero , they were others showing up - The thing of this Barcelona of 2008/09 is that they were not the favorites for anything. They started slow , for the Spanish league Madrid was still the favorite , and for the Champions League the Premier Leagues were still the grand favorites to win it all. They became favorites after the brutal wins they have during the season - Furthermore , he develop a very crucial thing which is to play the ball from behind or from the goalkeeper. Instead of the goalkeeper blowing the ball off , he would pass it to the closest defender , and start playing it from there to the other opposition. This sounds like nothing but it reflects on how many games they won cuz they always keep the ball and dont give any chance for the opposition to have it - In addition to that , Guardiola change the training style of Barca. He make everyone on the squad to make passes like they were midfielders. This is shown more on Manchester City where even Ederson the goalkeeper , can make amazing passes from his position. - In all 4 seasons that Guardiola was in Barcelona , he achieved more than 90+ points , in which he won 3 la Liga and one of those was with 99 points - In comparison his 2008-09 to his 2010/11 season , its that the 2011 season teams were a lot more tougher , teams knew how to play against Barcelona , and Pep came out with new tactics so they can come out on top. - Also , in comparing 2009 to 2011 , is different cuz in 2009 Pep's Barca was more of an underdog , a Barca that was been "revived" , while the 2011 Barca was more of the "can Barca stayed at the top" - During those years Guardiola also promoted so many youth players to the main team , making La Masia the best "academy" in the world during that time - Guardiola's Barca peak was probably in the Club's world cup on 2011 against Neymar's Santos , they blitz and destroy them 4-0 with 9 La Masia players on the pitch - His Barca was so successful that it lead to Spanish teams leaving behind the 4-4-2 or the 4-5-1 in favor of the 4-3-3 and also leaving a mark on other leagues too - Because Guardiola won everything on his very first season , he pretty much set the standard so fucking high that I dont think its possible to always achieved it

Even if you weren’t a fan, being able to watch them live back in 2010 was truly a gift. I still remember that 5-0 thrashing of Real Madrid back in November. Arguably one of the best ever team performances of all time.

Not a Barcelona fan, but I sat this one through all the way. You're pretty good at this, dude. Subbed.

The most impressive thing was their talent was grown and not bought. Success that was bought is one thing, but to develop it from nothing truely says something about the club and the team

The fact that these players were not only legendary but also motivated and above all not egomaniacs, tells us why this rate of success was not replicated years later even though a lot of those same players were on their peak with the addition of other players also in their prime.

This is undoubtedly the greatest team to ever touch a pitch. There’s been great teams, the Madrid’s galácticos, the AC Milan with their 3 netherland stars, and United Treble team, but we will never see a team like this, ever again, it was one of a kind

Greatest team of all time, only the 1958/62 Brazil or 1970 Brazil come close. Messi in his prime, Barca in their prime, Pep in his prime, greatest football ever played, most successful team. Definitely the greatest team I have ever seen and probably the greatest ever.

The quality of Peps Barca is shown by who they beat. In 2008 Manchester United beat this team in the UCL Semis. United went on to win 3 leagues in a row 07, 08 and 09, win the UCL in 08 and met this team again in 09 UCL Final. Peps Barca were ready this time and were clearly the better team. Probably the best English team ever, who was dominating England in a time England was at the top of Europe, were over shadowed by this Barca, probably the best club side of all time. If not the greatest footballing team ever

It's crazy to me that I grew up watching this Barcelona team. From my young age I got to witness one of the greatest Barcelona and Read Madrid sides ever. Now as an adult I am obsessed with tactics and often analyze players while I watch. Man I wish I could witness that era as an adult. The passion, the hatred and most importantly the amazing movements and tactics of the team.

It is the greatest team of all time no doubt about that it was pure magic and it was heaven for my eyes to watch them play it always bring me a big smile thinking about it :)

My fav team from my fav football content creater on this platform makes me happy. I was not their when it was in effect but still whenever i see the old matches it just shows a huge gap b-w them and their opponents unless you are real Madrid.

Finally I've been waiting for this video for ages because I always heard you say on videos that 2006-2010 barca was unstoppable

For me this is the greatest Team of all Time. The Football they played was so nice to watch

7:00 Brescia were pretty blessed back then, they had a young Pirlo, R.Baggio and Pep in their team.

91 goals in a single year…it’s truly mind blowing! Especially when you consider he isn’t JUST a goalscorer *cough cough* Ronaldo

The team that made me fall in live with football and the reason I'll forever be a barcelona fan 🙌

Man I couldn't stop smiling while watching this vid, what an era. Awesome work man really like your channel

As a madridista myself, I would say that this Braca team was terrifying, I remember every "Classico" I will be praying for it not to be a big score for them. One thing for sure is that Morniho actually didn't only change the mentality of the players but also us as supporters, I actually started to believe with him, he gave us that passion and made more like war than a game. beautiful times looking back at it.

I really love these videos. I would really like to see a separate video on Henry and other strikers.

I'm very glad that I lived all of this. So many good memories of this time! Thanks a lot for a great video and ... 100k (soon) is very well deserved! Cheers mate!

I had the pleasure and the privilege to see Barca play at the camp nou. It was in october 2009 vs real saragossa. I was in barcelona visting a friend who doing an internship at a hotel. He somehow manage to organize two tickets for us - I think we paid like 66euros each (A lot of money back then because we were broke students). But oh boi did it paid off... It was the best game I've ever seen in a stadium. Barcelona just played incredibile football. It was football beyond believe, my words cant properly discribe it. I was in my early 20's back then and I still get goose bumps thinking about it now.

You don’t know how long i’ve waited for this video from you. Thanks a lot legend!

Genuinely the pinnacle to football. I remember watching their games and actually being bored to death because of how much they held the ball and kept on passing till the end of time. But now I can accept that their game was the epitome of domination

Great video, it popped up in recommendations and decided to watch it since it goes down memory lane. And I had a smile across my face the whole remembering those times

One of the greatest managers of all time, with a great team. It shows you don't need the best players, because you can make them great, imo.

How this channel doesn’t have millions of subscribers is beyond me. Keep up the incredible work mate👌

Messi is the greatest player of all time Pep is the greatest manager of all time. Barcelona and the la masia academy are a dream factory that produces beautiful football and caused me to fall in love with that beautiful Catalonian football culture. This is what they mean when football is called the beautiful game

I've watched this video like 3 times already. Can't get enough of it. Brilliant content man.👍👍👍

Wow. . . the way you present all this amazing info is brilliant to say the least. Enjoyed every second.

The main reason this team succeeded was because they had it all. A good lead, talent, desire, passion, hard work, ambition, understanding and a willingness to push the boundaries of what’s been done before. Combine all these traits together and you have the best football side in the history of the sport.

Hey bro great work as usual! Would love to see a video on pep's evolution in the PL. I feel like people forget how frustrated he was early on but like the great manager he is, he figured it out.

Bro im a massive football fan, i know most of the info in your videos but its your presentation and narration that keeps me coming back. Keep it up.

A young, passionate, absolutely talented, and arguably one of the best KZfaqr and chills distributor at his prime. What a pleasure to watch your content!

This video made me very nostalgic. Pep build a monster. One of the best period of football we'll ever see.

Your Persona, editing and content are 10/10. definitely subscribing

this video put tear in my eye, beautiful as always man. you know what i love the most? the start of every video. the beginning music just tells me im going to watch some superb deep dive.

2012 it the year where I watch football the most. I follow almost everygame of top 4 leagues. And I always drag my college friends to watch el classico and Liverpool's game. For the el classicos 2012, it's truly the highlight of the year. The best football matches we ever watch. Even my non enthusiastic friends will shout and celebrate with us each time Messi did something out of this world. The guy is an Alien.

As a barca fan I adore this video so much. Thanks for bringing up good memories

Greatest team ever won the League title 3 times in a row 2009,2010,2011 first team to win six trophies (2009) won 5 trophies in 2011 and played the best football i’ve seen that season like the 5-0 against Mourinho’s Madrid for example. The way Utd got outclassed in the 2011 UCL Final was insane they looked like a mid table side even tho they were premier league champions at the time. Mourinho is a genius with his brilliance tactic in the 2010 semi’s stopping that Barca side from 3 peating the competition he also broke their league dominance in 2012 he deserves way more credit he’s the only coach that could’ve done that imo

I've been waiting for this for a long time thx ,mate! Forca el barca 💙♥️

The 08/09 team, and the whole season will be forever in my heart. The 6-2 win agains Real was truly it's highest point!

Man, these years were magical for me, always watching every el classico with my dad, biggest Barca fan, it was awesome. I think I literally cried when I heard that Pep Guardiola was leaving, it was like a family losing a father in my eyes.

I think we need a video about the contender with the Luis Enrique team, that team was so much fun to see.

Fantastic video. Solid research. Well put. What many forget is that very detail you mentioned - 7 players from barcelona that won Spain the WC. Barca during that time were unreal.

Thank you for this video, sir. Never cried again for a team, be it for joy or sorrow. 👏👏👏

What a time to be alive to witness the art and greatness of this team.

This team was the definition of the ball moves faster than the player

Oh my word I’ve never been more excited for a video.

your videos are really good, you do a good job on it, keep up the good work!

What a team that was! I'm a life long Man Utd supporter and I can honestly say that even SAF had no answer to Pep's Barca. Though, I think things might have been different if they'd been playing each other in the league.

It was a match made in football heaven. Everything just seems to work flawlessly during that time. They were just light years ahead of everyone else and its the whole team that did that. I grew up watching them (im 25 now so you know why I can never forget about them). They were the reason i became a fan of football. At the time I thought it was normal. Just a bunch of world class players under a world class coach. Man I was wrong. Its obvious to me now, that Barça was the greatest team ever that played the game. Leo in his young blood days, Xavi and Don Andreas dictating the game their way and Puyi, a captain the world will never see again at the back. Goosebumps every single time I think or talk about them and knowing how many people, especially non Barça fans and even rivals acknowledging the fact that they were the very best football they has ever seen. Makes me proud and very happy. As a Barça fan that grew up in Pep's era. We only want absolute domination. Not our fault. We were just used to that. Visca Barça and still, come back Leo. We miss you and our arms are always open wide and warm for you.

Man yet again Football Iconic has delivered an extremely well presented video. Thank you so much for making videos about the world's sport for everyone to ejoy (btw I've already watched this video three times)

This is a breakdown of the soccer I watched while growing up. So many memories as I grew up and learned to play the game. Thank you so much, Tinashe! *I was a Madrid fan.

My guy is so CLOSE to that glorious number LES GET IT

I've stopped actively following football in the last 4-5 years. However, any one of your videos about the 2000-2015 era (and in some cases older eras too) are always putting a smile on my face and keeping me company during some meal or chill moment. Superb analysis, great content! Thanks!

Love the content bro keep it up

Favourite type of football videos - Great content

That decade was one of the best in football history

Would have been a possible 3 CL's in a row if it were not for that semi-final against Mourinho's Inter. He claimed Barca were "fixated" on getting to the final, as it was being held in the Santiago Bernabéu that year. It seems a pragmatic, defend for your lives counter attack way of playing football was one of the few methods of getting a result against Barca in that era. Chelsea did the same in 2012 with those Ramires and Torres goals. For me, there are definitely "teams of an era" and the Barcelona one is definitely the team of the early 21st Century. AC Milans team of the late 80s/early 90s and the Arsenal team of the late 90s/early 00s are the only teams in my lifetime that were exciting and enchanting to watch. They had an aura different to any other teams I've seen.

I freaking love this channel

The video I was waiting for, from my favorite football youtuber!

A great video as always. As soon as I saw the title I had to watch this. I remember the hype and the fact that they were recognized as great at the time. By the Champions League 2011, we were told to simply enjoy them - exactly right! I had the pleasure of watching Barca in 2012 during Messi's crazy year. They won 5-1, Messi scored 4.

One of those teams that it almost felt unfair to play against, or even support.

Only 2nd vid I watch from you and I am really impressed. This is super pro work. 👍

I’ve been binge watching your videos and your easily the best football content creator in my my opinion thank you for keeping me entertained while studying 😭

Man Utd, Barcelona, Real Madrid and AC Milan are the only contenders for the best football team ever.

Greatest team greatest manager greatest player simply unreal.

Pep Barcelona team was different breed peak football one of best teams I ever watched.The talent was mix of academy players that were homegrown

Love your videos mate 👌🏾

Can you please make video about Lord Bendtner. I know he is a meme and was incosistent in some years of his career. But in you look on the Bright Side there are 30 goals for Denmark, danish player of the year, very mich trophies and a lot of unforgetable stories. I think he deserves a video at least for the 1st April. But know I watch this piece of art. Tanks for the great content

What great time to be a Barca fan in those years 🥲 Some of us got spoiled and thought it was going to last forever. I hope we can compete again soon 😀

I did watch most of the matches though, but gr8 vid bruv!

I love your commentary man and the work you put in on your videos... I'd really love to see what you'd put out of your magic hat when you do a Pisto Mosimane compilation.

As a madrista this team bothered me mentally when we met in the UCL or league …Mourinho did his best as well in the end just look at his inter with the same eto pep pushed out .Another vid for you growing catalogue of intriguing video essays

When you were listing Cruyff's key players, Ivm surprised you didn't mention Stoichkov, he was the heart and soul of Barcelona back then.

you deserve wayyy more subs keep it up!

Great vid bro

man you make me feel emotional with this team. one the glory of Barcelona will

That music in the beginning sounded so melancholic and sad... Since you said this video is about Guardiola I think the influence Bielsa had on him should have been discussed. 11:52 btw...I would also put Philipp Lahm in contention for that "title". Lahm was not only a right back, he was also a left back and a 6 and he was world class on all of those positions.

By far the most underrated Football channel on youtube.

This right here....this is what I was waiting for 😍😍💙❤️

The team that made me love football

These team was out of the world

Amazing vid 🔥🔥

I’m a Real Madrid fan but i agree this was the GOAT team even 100 points was not enough to win the league This team was GOD LIKE

The sheer dominance of this team is unmatchable. The core, the philosophy, the players executing.... It isn't even a wonder that the 4 years of Guardiola's Barcelona overlap with Spanish Dominance in world football, who also played with a similar tiki-taka philosophy.

Madrid fan here. That team was an absolute nightmare, every classico I just thought: "just don't get steamrolled". I remember how happy I was in 2010 that Barca didn't lift the CL trophy at the Bernabeu. Real had great teams over the years, but the flashes of brilliance were too short in comparison.

love your content man

Let’s also not forget we played against the best inter team of all time in 2010.. and the wrongly given goal and is hitting post and slushing chances made us unable to win 3 in a row.. we had harder UCL campaigns.. we faced harder teams..

You skipped over Rüştü transfer in 2003 but he snubbed invincible Arsenal squad to join Barcelona. He was the third best goalkeeper in 2002 World Cup and selected to Fifa 100 list. In 2002 Oliver Kahn and Iker Casillas was ahead of him in performance. He was not consistent at that level as we see it in his career later on, but as a new transfer it was a coup imo.