Cruyff was a revolutionary for Barça . He arrived in Catalonia in the 70s as a player and won the league . He also led Barcelona to their first UCL in the 90s as a manager. The Catalan faithful felt Cruyff had done more for them in one year than any other politician before. Also the tiki taka we enjoy from Barcelona is also due to Cruyff. A true legend . RIP Johan ....
You might like it as a foreigner, but here in Spain it's a matter to be taken very seriously. I've observed many non-spanish people defend this movement, but they don't understand the magnitude of this. Cataluña has never been an independent country, you can look it up in Spanish History, although it is true they have their own language and similar traditions. Nevertheless, our 1978 Consitution, which was signed after Franco's death and was agreed by all citizens, clearly states that no territory in our country can part away from Spain, as the land is common property to all of us. During the last 25 years of the 20th century, a group inside the Basque Country killed more than a thousand people, including Basques, to proclaim their independence. The truth is that an equal part of Basques/Catalonian feel Spanish, as portrayed in the ilegal referendum which was held, and these people have been frowned upon constantly and discriminated for feeling Spanish. All in all, these independence (and communist, but that's another story, although there are parties inside our government who have declared their only ambition is to bring Spain down) movements are tearing our country, like it happenned 80 years ago during our Civil War. It's actually sad that something so highly respected as football in our country gets mixed up with politics. I really hope people from outside our country stop regarding this as a beautiful history lesson, it's actually devastating.
@@alvaro5834 In the 10th century the County of Barcelona became progressively independent from Frankish rule. In 1137, Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona accepted King Ramiro II of Aragon's proposal to marry Queen Petronila, establishing the dynastic union of the County of Barcelona with the Kingdom of Aragon, creating the Crown of Aragon, while the County of Barcelona and the other Catalan counties adopted a common polity known as Principality of Catalonia,[3] which developed an institutional system (Courts, constitutions, Generalitat) that limited the power of the kings. Catalonia contributed to the expansion of the Crown's trade and military, most significantly their navy. The Catalan language flourished and expanded as more territories were added to the Crown of Aragon, including Valencia, the Balearic Islands, Sardinia, Sicily, Naples, and Athens.
I love history. Have you guys read the Talmud!? What wonderful values come of such book. Only within the talmud, can you find true history. If traditional Catholic versions of the bible are the iniesta of moral and spiritual authority, than the talmud is like the nigel de jong! Remember him? What a player!
Ddv Sgd R10 in his prime for me was better and influential for Barca.. Hell, he was an inspiration for all fans not only barca fans.. The main reason I became a Barca fan was because of him.. But yes, Xavi and Iniesta are also amazing and influential in their own rights.. I think my top 7 Greatest Individuals for Barca would be.. 1. Johan Cruyff 2. Lionel Messi 3. Pep Guardiola 4. Ronaldinho 5. Xavi 6. Iniesta 7. Puyol
There's also one from andalucia, canary islands, etc...they are not national teams as their federation is not a national one. Same applies with catalonia.
These videos based on history and politics involved in football are just as captivating as the ones based on tactics. Brilliant job as always. Looking forward to a video based on Motta's 2 - 7 - 2 formation.
That was a very good video! However, I feel like I have to mention one thing. The supporter that appears in 2:21 is Manolo el del Bombo (spanish for Manolo of the Big Drum), and he is the most charismatic supporter our national team has. During the days when Piqué was being constantly booed, Manolo was one of the most prominent figures in television asking for these boos to stop and to keep calm amongst other supporters. I hope this video doesn't paint him in a wrong light because the man is really an amazing person.
Johan Cruyff, the man who changed football. Without Johan: You are good, but too small, football is not for you. With Johan: You are good, football is for you.
@@grazianolaudisio3644 Cruyff is a human, he is not perfect, that final was in the end of his cicle at Barça, and his relationship with key players like Romario, Laudrup and Koeman was getting worse and worse, and that's why he lost 4-0. I wasn't talking about Cruyff's tactics or the trophies that he won as a manager, I was talking about his BIGGEST achievement as a manager, his legacy to Barcelona and to football.
@@grazianolaudisio3644 Was Cruyff humiliated by Capello in that final? Yes, he was. Like Fergie, who was schooled twice by Pep. Like Pep, who was humiliated by Ancelotti. Like Ancelotti, who lost 4-0 to Simeone's Atletico. Like Simeone, who lost 3-0 to Zizou's Real Madrid. Like Zizou, who lost 0-3 to Valverde's Barça. The list goes on and on, every great manager suffered a 'tactical humiliation' at some point of his career, and you know why? It's because they are humans, they make mistakes.
@@Rodrigo14_ The thing is, he wanted to humiliate Milan sooo bad. If it was on the pitch, fair and square. But it wasn't! He was so disrespectful towards my club and the tifosi by letting journalists taking pictures of him with the cup one day before the final as if Barcelona already had won the Cup. Also he told journalists that Milan could only defend and that it played negative football. I mean seriously... But yes you remain of course correct, Cruijff was a great football player and a great coach. One who provided a big contribution to Barcelona's success.
@@grazianolaudisio3644 I agree with you, Cruyff had a strong personality and sometimes he was a little bit arrogant, but don't get him wrong, he tried to humiliate his critics, not AC Milan.
I am so grateful for UA-cam's discovery system that suggested this channel about a year ago. Most quality football related channel out there. Keep up the great work
Hong Kong stands with our Catalan brothers and sisters in their fight for independence, democracy and self determination. We have to stand against government oppression and police brutality. 🇭🇰💪 加油!!!!
@@mrx.9955 You know nothing about Hong Kong, Catalonia and freedom. Shame on you and callate! Death to Spanish monarchy, death to Chinese Communist Party
Paulino Alcantara, one of Barcelona's pioneers and arguably their best goalscorer until the 50s was a proud Falangist. He represented Catalonia, Philippines, and Spain in the 20s.
@@danielkarlsen2545 Then that's a terrible indictment of which ever education system you were taught under. As a rule of thumb the quality of an education system can be measured by the teaching of its most important subject, History. If you don't know where you've come from you have no idea where you're going. In countries like the UK the teaching of history is very bad now, not unsurprising because the state wants to induce collective amnesia, it suits their purposes very well. It would be remarkable if it wasn't exactly the same across much of Europe where the EU holds sway (for now).
So you are about to sleep, it's almost 3 am in the morning, you see a notification appear and you know it's a Tifo video. You click it, knowing wholeheartedly you're going to enjoy the video and learn a thing or two about politics, economics, finances and even perhaps some psychology of the sport and the world. Years from now, you are going to be heralded for being a trailblazer in the industry of content creation around a sport. Keep it up uMaxIt, keep it up TiFo.
Barcelona or Catalans played the huge and most important roles in making Spain great Footballing nation when they won 3 international trophies consecutively from 2008 to 2012 (2 euros and World Cup) players like Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol, Fabregas, Busquets, Pique, Pedro were more important to this team than anyone else.. Talking about Cruyff he was of course the savior of Barcelona as a player, personality and than as a Coach the Father of Modern Football👑🧠🙏
Very few years ago this could have been a national team: Valdés Sergi Roberto - Piqué - Puyol - Jordi Alba Sergio Busquets - Xavi - Cesc Fábregas Sergio García - Gerard Moreno - Bojan Perfectly capable to win a world cup.
I kinda wish how Cruijff gave Barca & Spain so much, Pep returns the favour with Oranje because Spain won't have him as their manager even though he's expressed the desire to take over a national team sometime in future. Added, Dutch were suffering until last few matches where things are looking a bit better. Pep would change them drastically, they have a very young squad which he'd find ideal to mold.
I can see him managing either the Oranje or Catalonia or both but not for many years. Right now I'd like to see Frenkie De Jong go to Man City to continue the heritage.
I don’t pay much attention to foreign politics, and nowadays not even England’s politics that much, but this was a brilliant video and I found all of it interesting. Cheers lads!
Fellas, your channel is top bins. I come from a background that values education, and I love your almost dialectical analysis of football in both the modern and historical sense. I especially love your, to be frank, bravery to tackle the taboo, but clearly in your face, topics of politics/governments' involvement in football. Keep it up and add some citations in the description to further strengthen/add validity to the analysis in your videos. You guys and Football Leaks are voices that football fans need today to not only improve the sport, but the world. Don't ever stop.
I must say this is the first time in a tifo video where I felt like I needed more information in the video. The video felt short in the information department but otherwise was good!
Angelomessi92 actually it’s pretty common in football. Any sort of political stance will get you fined. Like in past when English players wore poppies they got fined and even clubs and so on. Kinda stupid though
I’ve seen a lot of games and it is like people from different parts of Spain just hate each other, I mean not only in Barcelona you find people insulting, also on Valencia or Bilbao, it doesn’t have to be a Catalan club involve; at least that’s impression I have after watching La Liga during the years. In other countries you would find people hating each other but strictly for reasons of passion for their club, on Spain I get the feeling that they just hate the region from where the club comes.
Please read who Vic Buckingham was. He was an Englishman. He managed Cruyff at Ajax and went on to Barcelona. Cruyff was a big fan and was heavily influenced by him in terms of creating total football.
The video forgot too that FCB gave 2 of his most honorary distinctions to Franco, more than any other team in Spain. Or that the last city to fall to Franco was Madrid
Carlos Bravo This is fake, lol. The last city to fall to Franco was Alicante. Otherwise, that data is irrelevant. Madrid was the political capital of the Spanish Republic, obviously it was a place besieged for years for its political importance and strategic. That data is irrelevant and I do not understand very well what you mean by that. I can imagine it but it seems too stupid and without substantial importance.
MrISkater In fact, the distinctions he talks about, the first was after the 1951 Cup final in which Barça won 0-3 against Madrid in their stadium. The president, people say euphoric and drunk, gave him a gold badge that he wore in his jacket. The other was in 1971 for the opening of the Palau Blaugrana. In any case, the distinctions do not appear as officials in the club's archives and in fact, there was talking of withdrawing them but it is impossible to withdraw a distinction that is not official, which is like it would never have been done. it seems that he tries to say that Franco also helped Barcelona when it is totally false, he hurt the club and he tried to steal his identity. It is true that he approved the construction of the stadium of Les Corts and the Palau Blaugrana but it was only for the mere interest of fueling a rivalry with Madrid that he knew was beneficial for him and for football that he used for political reasons and does not take away everything which he did especially in the years after the war. Everyone knows and it is a fact that his team was Real Madrid and that it was also the team he used as a political propaganda medium. Franco didnt even like football.
FC Barcelona condecorated Franco two times with gold medals for building the Palau Blaugrana and for the club's 75th anniversary. Twice as much than Real Madrid. So FC Barcelona wasn't such a resistance club as they like to think. Lest we forget
Also, don't forget that Johan his son was born in the Netherlands. He gave him the Catalan name Jordi as a hidden protest ( a name which was forbidden in Spain but also common in the Netherlands). Also he was not just the coach for the Catalan national team, he also played for them in 1976.
FC Barcelona's nationalist position is risky, due to the fact that they have supporters all around Spain, moreover, their our home, Camp Nou, is 50/50 when it comes to Catalonia's independence. And just a little funny fact: la 'Guerra de Sucesión' (they call it, wrongly, 'Secesión') was a war between Borbons crown and Austrias, not one between Spain and Catalonia, as they say it was; Catalan nationalist claim that when Brobones won that war, we lost all our autodetermination, which we had under the control of Austrias. Nothing further from reality. I could explain all about that war, but I don't think you guys are intersted in that :D. Just wanted to give a little fact.
28ek, I think they actually are. Barcelona sells itself like a plural club, their own anthem says it: "Som la gent Blaugrana, tant se val d'on venim, si del sud o del nord...", which means, basically, that Blaugranas are everybody, even if you are from the north or south...
@@s.correa9370 of course, but those supporters have to understand why Barça's idiosyncrasy is like that. You can be Spanish and support Barça (of course!!) but if the catalans want to vote or something like that I think they have to respect it.
28ek, oh, boy, what you have to understand is that catalans don't want anything. You cannot say that catalans want independece, neither you can say that catalans want to remain, basically because catalan society is broken in two, 50% (in which I am included) feel as spanish as catalans, the other 50% wants independence.
It would be interesting to see La Liga without Barcelona and whether it would have a domino effect in other regions in Spain and Europe in general. Great video
@@mikespearwood3914 I feel like the FFF would jump on that as soon as they could if it became a possibility. I mean when you look at it in terms of geographical location, Barcelona is quicker to get to from Toulouse, Montpellier & Marseille than it is from Madrid and the distance from Barcelona to Seville isn't that much less than Barcelona to Lille. Plus you'd probably end up with a fairly similar rivalry (albeit not as deep) with PSG as they have with Real and it'd be a massive cash injection for French football. I don't see the RFEF willingly allowing Barcelona to walk though considering what they bring financially to the league and how important the Real/Barca rivalry is to the global football landscape. It is an interesting thought to consider though.
Thankfully that'll never happen. La Liga knows the commercial implications of losing Catalonian teams(especially Barca) from the league. Catalonia may leave Spain but they will find out some way to allow Catalonian teams to continue playing in the league.
La liga could allow Barca and athletic Bilbao and all the other basque and Catalan teams to remain in their current leagues should their respective regions gain independence. Threats of expulsion are made to discourage their fight for independence. The Basque Country and Catalonia bring in a lot of money into the Spanish economy and the Spanish government is terrified at the thought of losing that.
Smh. Madrid make the most money out all. Catalonia and the Basque is where tourist goes but apart from that they we Dont have any other infrastructure. Get independent to because a banana republic? And then relay back on Spain? Im from Catalonia .im Spanish and Catalan im perfectly ok with being both. Yes we make money and it's giving out in the poorer region in Spain to help out our fellow brothers and sisters. So what's wrong with that? Unity over division
God knows how long I was waiting for this. What a channel. What a video. You guys are absolutely sensational in what you produce, and I'm sure one day you guys will be household names for every football fan who wants to learn more about the details of the game and it's history. Also, would love if you guys made more videos on the financial side of football and explain to people about transfers, FFP (Der Spiegel's latest breakthroughs), loans, revenues of a club etc. Keep up the awesome work ❤️
1. The Catalan flag doesn't have any blue parts or white stars. That is the nationalist flag. 2. Franco didn't support Real Madrid, he actually didn't support any teams and if so he would support Atletico de Madrid, which was renamed as Atletico Aviación after the Civil War due to the big number of fascists pilots that joined the team. Please, do not deceive people or at least try not to confuse them
Great video very informative. You touch on it at the end but what would be the options in theory, for Barcelona if they were thrown out of the la Liga? Could they play in another league as a guest? What would the best case and worst case scenarios?
This is mad late but say they did get independence when Messi was still there then I don’t see la liga ejecting them, and even if they did Barcelona is probably close enough to France to be invited into Ligue 1 and FIFA recognizes Kosovo so they would accept Cata if they became legit
3:30 min - What would happen? Maybe nothing at all: Cardiff City play in the English football league system (English Football League Championship). Swansea City play in the English football league system (English Football League Championship). FC Andorra play in the Spanish football league system (Segunda División B). AS Monaco FC play in the French football league system (Ligue 1). Toronto FC play in American football league system (Major League Soccer).
FUN FACT: Franco was an ethnic Galician (spoke Galician, extremely similar to portuguese), but he banned all languages in Spain other the Castillian: Galician, Leonese, Basque, Aragonese and Catalan. Yes, he banned Galician despite the fact it was his native tongue
FC Barcelona has never been a symbol of catalan independentism. It has been, and it still is, a strong symbol of catalanism, which is a different thing.
I don't understand why people cannot respect other cultures or even the push for its independence. Is it about power? Or control? I live in a country in Africa where smaller groups, with strong cultural heritage, are denied the expression of their unique individuality and independence, as the larger population (mostly the government and media to be honest) feel threatened by this. Schools that use languages or have a unique cultural heritage that belongs to smaller groups, are hated by the media and political groups, and forced to convert to mainstream English schools, and reject the main language and culture it was built on. Now most schools are essentially bullied to become English schools, ironically contradicting the constitution of the country itself, which gives people the right to be educated in their home language. Now the most spoken language is English, whereas the primary home languages are Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho and Afrikaans. I.e. people are denied their own unique heritage, culture and identity.
Because they were never a country and unity is better than separate. If they because a country they would rely back on Spain. So why independent? We all can be different and still be 1
The treatment of Catalan voters was inhumane and appalling but the vote shouldn’t be presented as legitimate. It was held solely with the support of independence supporters and not certified or supported by the majority even of Catalans or Barcelonans. If people other than those who wanted independence anyway had treated the vote as real and legitimate and turned up the result would have reflected the huge diversity of people and opinion in Catalonia. FCB is supported by a huge variety of people in the city, region, Spain and the world. The motto is a celebration of a diverse liberal and a Catalan pride that for many supporters does not mean separation from Spain. The voices of the most vocal group of independence supporters should not be the only view the Catalan promotes over the majority
@@carterroane1034 You are so so wrong. The percentage of Catalans who want to become independent is between 30 and 35%. Please be more careful with your words. They don't represent the whole Catalan society in which most want to remain Spanish
@@carterroane1034 The polls are nowhere near 80 percent and not more than half the population. In the illegal referendum held last year there are pictures of several people voting in 4 different sites and many other using fake ID's to vote.
This is a subject dear to my heart. My family comes from Spain, I have more family in Spain that I do in my home country, from Arcos de la Frotnera to Barcelona. The Catalans have it all wrong. While they were a shining beacon of Republicanism during the War of Independence and in strong and correct opposition to Franco it is no longer 1939, the year the war ended. Franco and all his nationalistic tendencies died when Juan Carlos restored the Monarchy and Republicanism. Catalans are free to speak their own language, have their own newspapers, their own TV stations. The Spanish Constitution does not allow for secession and Catalonia forgets it's place. It is part of Spain and will always be part of Spain. They have no legal right nor moral reason to leave. This is a strictly political move by Catalan politicians to stay in power. If Catalan was allowed to succeed then what? They will not be allowed in the EU, they will not be allowed to use the Euro. Their biggest export is Barcelona Soccer. They would do well to stay away from the advice of footballers and television commentators. Viva España.
+PattyKakes7787 if there wasn't repression you would see there's a plan. The plan is about breaking with fascism, building a new country, bring the refugees and make the fucking revolution
It confused me a kid on why Catalans wanted independence when I was younger. As an American-born Catalan in a Spanish community I was exposed to some of the hate. Many of Spanish families came to this community in the NY Metropolitan Area during the Franco regime. The older generations was so prideful about their Catalan heritage where as us kids didn't care as much. This was due us being Americans rather than Spanish under Franco. We were aloud to speak Catalan and practice our traditions. Heck even the other Basque, Andalusian, and Galician kids shared their traditions. We mostly saw ourselves as Spaniards rather than whatever identity our folks kept screaming about. Again this is because we were born in a society and area where diversity was our identity. In addition I was also mixed as my father was a Peruvian man, so I wasn't fully Catalan and exposed to just one culture. Even as I got older I found being so nationalistic and being prideful just for being born in a certain culture means little to me. I love my culture but because I didn't live in an environment where I was banned from celebrating it made me not as angry as the Catalans in Spain. Even though many say the call for independence is about taxes, it still is rooted in the culture of Catanlunya. We for the most part have been Anti-Castilian since we were conquered by them.
Its like portugal in 1580 if im not mistaken, we were taken over by the spanish and indured 60 of spanish rule over us, until 1640 when D. João IV led a revolution against the spanish. Due to that spanish rule we lost colonies to spain's enemies (the dutch in particular) and economic power due to promises not being kept. So as a portuguese we dont like the spanish that much, and i understand what catallonians are feeling. That said, im not saying I dont like spanish culture or the people, I dont like the pillars on which the country stands, especially the monarchy
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@@diogomachado2593 Portugal was not exactly "conquered", The King of Portugal died in 1580 without direct heirs, which led to a dispute between 2 cousins who claimed the throne: António, Prior of Crato, and Philip II of Spain. In the case of Catalonia, the King of Aragon (which included Catalonia) married the Queen of Castille in 1469 and there was not even a dispute. Countries are nothing but inventions of the rulers to oppress the people. I don't think anyone cared in 1469 or 1580 who were the nobles oppressing them, but nowadays we seem to be more interested in fighting with each other over which corrupt politicians should take advantage of us rather than in preventing them from doing so. Nationalism is definitely the triumph of the elites.
If you say Cataluña was conquered, you have no idea of Spain's history. Cataluña has never existed as an Independent State. They were a region inside the Corona de Aragón, formed by Aragón, Cataluña, Valencia, Murcia and the Balear isles. The king Fernando the II of Aragón married Isabel I of Castille, this being the baso of a united kingdom which would become España. They refer to the War of Spanish Succession, and that Barcelona was conquered. It is far more complicated than that. Carlos the II was born with serious fisicall and mental problems due to the incest of Spanish Emperors, the Habsburg of Austria. He died at the age of 38 without having fathered any children. Because of that, everyone in Europe tried to reclaim the crown, being the two most likekly candidates Felipe d'Anjou (grandson of the King of France, a Borbon) and Archduke Charles of Austria (a Habsburg cousin of Carlos the II). Charles the II named Felipe king before he died, but the Archduke Charles refused to give up his claim to the throne, so a war started. The war involved every single european forces, because at that time, Spain was the most powerful empire in the world, so it was in the interest of everyone to have a suitable ruler for it. France supported the new Spanish monarch (Felipe), because he was french and they would rule over Europe if he remained king. Austria, England, Netherlands, they all supported Charles, because they wanted to stop Frances power. Inside Spain, Castillian territories supported Felipe the V (now king), but most of Aragón regions supported Archduke Charles, because he promised to let them keep their Fueros (regional ancient laws) when he became the king. And so the war started. It ended when Archduke Charles brother, José the I of Austria (emperor of the Austrian empire), died, so he returned to Austria in order to become the Emperor, abandoning his claims over Spain. When this happened, most of the regions that supported him gave up the war, but the region of Cataluña decided to go on alone. As the last remanent of rebellion, the King Felipe the V attacked the city and ended the war. Felipe the V, having been raised in the french court, ruled following the French example, which consisted in centrilizing evrything on the capital, Madrid, and the catalonian bourgeoisie (very wealthy merchant class) didn't like having to pay taxes to Madrid's government, so they started to use the lower classes to fight the ''spanish conquerors'' to stop paying. But calonian independent move didn't take force until the XX century, because of the dictatorships of Primo de Rivera and Francisco Franco. I've left a lot of information out, but this is more or less, the Spanish history. The claims of having been conquered are not true, but people simply believe what they are told for political purposes instead of researching and finding the truth.
@@danibiendi7829 Yea a lot of my relatives typically use the words conquered and stolen which goes back to how the older generation likes to push a narrative on to the younger audience. And I don't know much of Spanish history as a Spanish person from Spain would as naturally I'm American, and most of the history I learn is from my relatives which as one can tell they like to push a narrative just they're stuck in their old ways.
Give Catalonia their independence and keep Barcelona in the Spanish league.... SIMPLE. Swansea, Cardiff .... Welsh teams that play in the English Premier League outside of their own Welsh Premier League .... They can do... so can Barcelona 👍
Arguably, it's not as simple. Unlike Catalonia, Wales had never voted to leave the United Kingdom - at least, not in recent times. Thus clubs like Swansea and Cardiff City are not really politically affected. Maybe it's just me, but that's why we don't see Scottish or Northern Irish clubs in the EPL; perhaps there's some political implications there.
@@UXB1000 Politics influence Barça but its far from being such a political team as Celtic or Rangers. There are lots of unionists who support Barça and in fact the team has followers all over Spain. Although it has historically more links with Catalan nationalist movements and politicians than Espanyol and this has influenced their respective fanbases, tat's true.
Dude. Franco was a Military dictatorship, his team was today Atletico de Madrid, then Atletico aviador, "the team of the army" (literal slogan). He changed the rules twice in order to favour Atletico aviador and avoid relegation. FC Barcelona was managed by senior military chiefs because during the civil war they were all killed, therefore was highly indulge to transfers or to build and paid Camp Nou. Real Madrid happened to win and as every dictatorship, they used theirs success to market thee regime. Franco denied himself the expansion of the santiago bernabeu stadium , the tranning facilities and many transfers
By the way, actually Franco hated Real Madrid because the president´s right hand, Raimundo Saporta was jew. He used him as friendly regime to jews propaganda (considering what happened with his friend Hitler after WW II) and sell Spain as geographic allied to the USA air forced against URSS and win some cash and protection, but in reality the man was forced to work in misery for peanuts and died as a very poor man. Ramindo Saporta ´s widow was supported privately by real madrid after his dead so she can eat.
If Catalonia gains indépendance, rather than playing in a Catalonian league, Barcelona could join Ligue Un. It's mind boggling to even think the waves it will spread in the footballing world.
Cruyff was a revolutionary for Barça .
He arrived in Catalonia in the 70s as a player and won the league .
He also led Barcelona to their first UCL in the 90s as a manager.
The Catalan faithful felt Cruyff had done more for them in one year than any other politician before.
Also the tiki taka we enjoy from Barcelona is also due to Cruyff.
A true legend .
RIP Johan ....
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Yep he is my favourite Akatsuki.
@@suyezlee6650 My fav moments in Akatsuki are Deidara and Tobi.
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Yup they were an awesome duo
Too bad we couldn't see more of them.
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I love how they mix football and history all in one. Tifo would be my favourite lesson in school
You might like it as a foreigner, but here in Spain it's a matter to be taken very seriously. I've observed many non-spanish people defend this movement, but they don't understand the magnitude of this. Cataluña has never been an independent country, you can look it up in Spanish History, although it is true they have their own language and similar traditions. Nevertheless, our 1978 Consitution, which was signed after Franco's death and was agreed by all citizens, clearly states that no territory in our country can part away from Spain, as the land is common property to all of us. During the last 25 years of the 20th century, a group inside the Basque Country killed more than a thousand people, including Basques, to proclaim their independence. The truth is that an equal part of Basques/Catalonian feel Spanish, as portrayed in the ilegal referendum which was held, and these people have been frowned upon constantly and discriminated for feeling Spanish. All in all, these independence (and communist, but that's another story, although there are parties inside our government who have declared their only ambition is to bring Spain down) movements are tearing our country, like it happenned 80 years ago during our Civil War. It's actually sad that something so highly respected as football in our country gets mixed up with politics. I really hope people from outside our country stop regarding this as a beautiful history lesson, it's actually devastating.
@@alvaro5834 if people wants independence.
Give them.
@@alvaro5834 In the 10th century the County of Barcelona became progressively independent from Frankish rule. In 1137, Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona accepted King Ramiro II of Aragon's proposal to marry Queen Petronila, establishing the dynastic union of the County of Barcelona with the Kingdom of Aragon, creating the Crown of Aragon, while the County of Barcelona and the other Catalan counties adopted a common polity known as Principality of Catalonia,[3] which developed an institutional system (Courts, constitutions, Generalitat) that limited the power of the kings. Catalonia contributed to the expansion of the Crown's trade and military, most significantly their navy. The Catalan language flourished and expanded as more territories were added to the Crown of Aragon, including Valencia, the Balearic Islands, Sardinia, Sicily, Naples, and Athens.
The fact that the video is exactly 4:33 long (4-3-3 ,Cruyff’s trademark) is brilliant
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I love history. Have you guys read the Talmud!? What wonderful values come of such book. Only within the talmud, can you find true history. If traditional Catholic versions of the bible are the iniesta of moral and spiritual authority, than the talmud is like the nigel de jong! Remember him? What a player!
@@engineeredaccess6026 yup me 2 History is my fav subject and football is my fav sport a combie that made this one of my personal fav vids by Tifo
Cruyff, Ronaldinho, Pep and Messi are my Mount Rushmore of Barcelona..
No Iniesta or Xavi?
Yes
Ddv Sgd R10 in his prime for me was better and influential for Barca..
Hell, he was an inspiration for all fans not only barca fans..
The main reason I became a Barca fan was because of him..
But yes, Xavi and Iniesta are also amazing and influential in their own rights..
I think my top 7 Greatest Individuals for Barca would be..
1. Johan Cruyff
2. Lionel Messi
3. Pep Guardiola
4. Ronaldinho
5. Xavi
6. Iniesta
7. Puyol
Good and poor analogy, you'd have to fit Puyol and Pique on there as well
Peter V...Busquets > Pique
I really enjoy the history section. This is something I was aware of but I wasn't aware of a Catalan national team. Thanks so much
They had an friendly against Brazil in 2004 that ended 5x2 for Brazil
There's also one from andalucia, canary islands, etc...they are not national teams as their federation is not a national one. Same applies with catalonia.
I am really proud to support a club that has such a high standard of morals. No other club can boast this
Being nationalist is inmoral
There are clubs which are historically far more nationalist, like Celtic Glasgow. Barça followers are very hetereogeneus.
@@Kongorlobo no
@@caesaraugustus4563Yes. This video is in fact quite simplistic.
This didn't age well
These videos based on history and politics involved in football are just as captivating as the ones based on tactics. Brilliant job as always.
Looking forward to a video based on Motta's 2 - 7 - 2 formation.
Motta is kinder smoking some serious weed on his tactics. No wonder Motta means weed in spanish
@@evonne_o he said that to explain that numbers aren't everything: he talked about 2-7-2 looking the pitch in a different direction
you mean 2-6-2? formations add up to 10 players
@@EMETRL no Motta said 2-7-2 because looking side to side you have 2 wings 7 central players (including the goal keeper) and other 2 wings
2-7-2 from left to right. look carefully
That was a very good video! However, I feel like I have to mention one thing. The supporter that appears in 2:21 is Manolo el del Bombo (spanish for Manolo of the Big Drum), and he is the most charismatic supporter our national team has. During the days when Piqué was being constantly booed, Manolo was one of the most prominent figures in television asking for these boos to stop and to keep calm amongst other supporters. I hope this video doesn't paint him in a wrong light because the man is really an amazing person.
Johan Cruyff, the man who changed football.
Without Johan: You are good, but too small, football is not for you.
With Johan: You are good, football is for you.
Like 18 may 1994 in Athens? There is where he got lectured, a true masterclass in tactics.
@@grazianolaudisio3644 Cruyff is a human, he is not perfect, that final was in the end of his cicle at Barça, and his relationship with key players like Romario, Laudrup and Koeman was getting worse and worse, and that's why he lost 4-0.
I wasn't talking about Cruyff's tactics or the trophies that he won as a manager, I was talking about his BIGGEST achievement as a manager, his legacy to Barcelona and to football.
@@grazianolaudisio3644
Was Cruyff humiliated by Capello in that final? Yes, he was.
Like Fergie, who was schooled twice by Pep.
Like Pep, who was humiliated by Ancelotti.
Like Ancelotti, who lost 4-0 to Simeone's Atletico.
Like Simeone, who lost 3-0 to Zizou's Real Madrid.
Like Zizou, who lost 0-3 to Valverde's Barça.
The list goes on and on, every great manager suffered a 'tactical humiliation' at some point of his career, and you know why? It's because they are humans, they make mistakes.
@@Rodrigo14_ The thing is, he wanted to humiliate Milan sooo bad. If it was on the pitch, fair and square. But it wasn't! He was so disrespectful towards my club and the tifosi by letting journalists taking pictures of him with the cup one day before the final as if Barcelona already had won the Cup. Also he told journalists that Milan could only defend and that it played negative football. I mean seriously...
But yes you remain of course correct, Cruijff was a great football player and a great coach. One who provided a big contribution to Barcelona's success.
@@grazianolaudisio3644 I agree with you, Cruyff had a strong personality and sometimes he was a little bit arrogant, but don't get him wrong, he tried to humiliate his critics, not AC Milan.
I am so grateful for UA-cam's discovery system that suggested this channel about a year ago. Most quality football related channel out there. Keep up the great work
Informative but concise
Grew a new respect for Fc Barcelona watching this,Big up Catalonia✊🏿
Legend Johann cryuff... I'm happy, my late father set him as example for us....
How about a drogba tactical retrospective
Whatever you say.. The influence Barca had on football is unmatched...No other club has ever revolutionized football!!
Visca Barca
Hong Kong stands with our Catalan brothers and sisters in their fight for independence, democracy and self determination. We have to stand against government oppression and police brutality. 🇭🇰💪 加油!!!!
Spain stands with the Chinese People's Republic. Hope the order is restored as soon as possible by the Communist Party.
Hong Kong was Britain cologne. Not Catalonia
@@mrx.9955 You know nothing about Hong Kong, Catalonia and freedom. Shame on you and callate! Death to Spanish monarchy, death to Chinese Communist Party
stockholm syndrome! missing the white man rule.
Paulino Alcantara, one of Barcelona's pioneers and arguably their best goalscorer until the 50s was a proud Falangist. He represented Catalonia, Philippines, and Spain in the 20s.
Cruyff legend, more than a player 🤴💖
Honestly, Tifo has taught me more than I ever learnt at school!
sad but true! let´s cherish this channel
@@danielkarlsen2545 Then that's a terrible indictment of which ever education system you were taught under.
As a rule of thumb the quality of an education system can be measured by the teaching of its most important subject, History. If you don't know where you've come from you have no idea where you're going. In countries like the UK the teaching of history is very bad now, not unsurprising because the state wants to induce collective amnesia, it suits their purposes very well. It would be remarkable if it wasn't exactly the same across much of Europe where the EU holds sway (for now).
Be careful. I'm afraid this is just propaganda ...
The rik of learning here is that you can be manipulated. This video is strongly biased and you should not take it seriously
Well, the video didnt show the adoctrination in Catalonia by the local corrupt politicians, it is sad, how try to deceive people in the world.
Tifo you are the best
Football is not only about a ball and goal, i like when Tifo publish economy and history of football, tnx for that
Top marks for the length of the video: 433
This video always makes me cry.
From Kashmir.
Islam is the aggressor in Kashmir. You are the immigrant religion that pushed out native Hindus.
Koshur chu hindustani 🗿
wouldnt mind if it was a 10min video
Kim I wouldn’t mind if it was an hour
So you are about to sleep, it's almost 3 am in the morning, you see a notification appear and you know it's a Tifo video. You click it, knowing wholeheartedly you're going to enjoy the video and learn a thing or two about politics, economics, finances and even perhaps some psychology of the sport and the world. Years from now, you are going to be heralded for being a trailblazer in the industry of content creation around a sport. Keep it up uMaxIt, keep it up TiFo.
Barcelona or Catalans played the huge and most important roles in making Spain great Footballing nation when they won 3 international trophies consecutively from 2008 to 2012 (2 euros and World Cup) players like Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol, Fabregas, Busquets, Pique, Pedro were more important to this team than anyone else.. Talking about Cruyff he was of course the savior of Barcelona as a player, personality and than as a Coach the Father of Modern Football👑🧠🙏
Very few years ago this could have been a national team:
Valdés
Sergi Roberto - Piqué - Puyol - Jordi Alba
Sergio Busquets - Xavi - Cesc Fábregas
Sergio García - Gerard Moreno - Bojan
Perfectly capable to win a world cup.
I feel like there are more people who want the independence of Catalonia outside of Catalonia than inside, being Catalan myself.
mostly indians barca fans
@@crumpfyllc5571Were the Indian fans voting for independence? Or singing Catalonian national songs in the stadium?
This is why I love this club.
Johan Cruyff, my favorite person in the history of football! Long live a free Catalunia!
When Catalunia becomes an independent country it should make a statue of Johan Cruyff in the centre of Bercelona
He did that just because he hates spain that beat his country in 2010
If there is an Oscar for UA-cam's best videos, it should be given to Tifo , anytime anyday for any video.
Forever grateful to cruyff.
I kinda wish how Cruijff gave Barca & Spain so much, Pep returns the favour with Oranje because Spain won't have him as their manager even though he's expressed the desire to take over a national team sometime in future.
Added, Dutch were suffering until last few matches where things are looking a bit better.
Pep would change them drastically, they have a very young squad which he'd find ideal to mold.
The current Dutch manager is also a former Cruijff player. Perhaps he will provide the change you seek.
@@BigDave15 oh I don't seek any change. I think it'll be fitting & beneficial for all parties if Pep succeeded Koeman
That would be legendary cool man imagine a Guardiola style team powered by electric young dutch players
I can see him managing either the Oranje or Catalonia or both but not for many years. Right now I'd like to see Frenkie De Jong go to Man City to continue the heritage.
Viva Cataluña y viva España, Unida 🇪🇸💙❤️
I don’t pay much attention to foreign politics, and nowadays not even England’s politics that much, but this was a brilliant video and I found all of it interesting. Cheers lads!
I really really wish we could choose football as a subject and Tifo would be the teacher. I would get straight A+ s
I would love to see a similar-type video about Athletic Club and the Basque Country.
Fellas, your channel is top bins. I come from a background that values education, and I love your almost dialectical analysis of football in both the modern and historical sense. I especially love your, to be frank, bravery to tackle the taboo, but clearly in your face, topics of politics/governments' involvement in football. Keep it up and add some citations in the description to further strengthen/add validity to the analysis in your videos.
You guys and Football Leaks are voices that football fans need today to not only improve the sport, but the world. Don't ever stop.
Low key my favourite channel at the moment and this season I watch more tifo then actual football
I must say this is the first time in a tifo video where I felt like I needed more information in the video. The video felt short in the information department but otherwise was good!
Amazing information, and video, insane how Pep was fined for showing support to the region of Catalonia with a yellow ribbon ! Cheers Tifo
Angelomessi92 actually it’s pretty common in football. Any sort of political stance will get you fined. Like in past when English players wore poppies they got fined and even clubs and so on. Kinda stupid though
Think Pep was entitled to wear his yellow ribbon
Hypocritic to fine Pep when poppies are "tradition"
Shark Team ribbon is a political symbol where as the poppy is a sign of remembrance.
@@harrypownall3254 The Poppy is political. Ask James McClean.
I’ve seen a lot of games and it is like people from different parts of Spain just hate each other, I mean not only in Barcelona you find people insulting, also on Valencia or Bilbao, it doesn’t have to be a Catalan club involve; at least that’s impression I have after watching La Liga during the years. In other countries you would find people hating each other but strictly for reasons of passion for their club, on Spain I get the feeling that they just hate the region from where the club comes.
Spain has strong regional identities.
Please read who Vic Buckingham was. He was an Englishman. He managed Cruyff at Ajax and went on to Barcelona. Cruyff was a big fan and was heavily influenced by him in terms of creating total football.
Really nice video, but you forgot that one of FC Barcelona presidents was executed by the fascists.
The video forgot too that FCB gave 2 of his most honorary distinctions to Franco, more than any other team in Spain. Or that the last city to fall to Franco was Madrid
Carlos Bravo This is fake, lol. The last city to fall to Franco was Alicante. Otherwise, that data is irrelevant. Madrid was the political capital of the Spanish Republic, obviously it was a place besieged for years for its political importance and strategic. That data is irrelevant and I do not understand very well what you mean by that. I can imagine it but it seems too stupid and without substantial importance.
@@danielm4728 I agreed, irrelevant data for what? Oh they gave him medals. So what?
MrISkater In fact, the distinctions he talks about, the first was after the 1951 Cup final in which Barça won 0-3 against Madrid in their stadium. The president, people say euphoric and drunk, gave him a gold badge that he wore in his jacket. The other was in 1971 for the opening of the Palau Blaugrana. In any case, the distinctions do not appear as officials in the club's archives and in fact, there was talking of withdrawing them but it is impossible to withdraw a distinction that is not official, which is like it would never have been done. it seems that he tries to say that Franco also helped Barcelona when it is totally false, he hurt the club and he tried to steal his identity. It is true that he approved the construction of the stadium of Les Corts and the Palau Blaugrana but it was only for the mere interest of fueling a rivalry with Madrid that he knew was beneficial for him and for football that he used for political reasons and does not take away everything which he did especially in the years after the war. Everyone knows and it is a fact that his team was Real Madrid and that it was also the team he used as a political propaganda medium. Franco didnt even like football.
Carlos Bravo you forget that the democratic and progressive republicans that managed the team were expelled from the club and the president executed
Was waiting for this video.
Actually Cruyff chose to go to Barça over Real because he didn't want to go to a club linked with Franco.
FC Barcelona condecorated Franco two times with gold medals for building the Palau Blaugrana and for the club's 75th anniversary. Twice as much than Real Madrid. So FC Barcelona wasn't such a resistance club as they like to think. Lest we forget
At gun point.... you cannot be naive.
I think the disliker thought the dislike button was the like one
Or maybe he/she was blind
They are holding their phone upside down.
No, it's because Catalan Independence is absolutely absurd and should not be given any promotion. Que viva España!🇪🇸
The background music in your videos are the best!
Also, don't forget that Johan his son was born in the Netherlands. He gave him the Catalan name Jordi as a hidden protest ( a name which was forbidden in Spain but also common in the Netherlands). Also he was not just the coach for the Catalan national team, he also played for them in 1976.
Tactics of LVG's Ajax, please.
FC Barcelona's nationalist position is risky, due to the fact that they have supporters all around Spain, moreover, their our home, Camp Nou, is 50/50 when it comes to Catalonia's independence.
And just a little funny fact: la 'Guerra de Sucesión' (they call it, wrongly, 'Secesión') was a war between Borbons crown and Austrias, not one between Spain and Catalonia, as they say it was; Catalan nationalist claim that when Brobones won that war, we lost all our autodetermination, which we had under the control of Austrias. Nothing further from reality. I could explain all about that war, but I don't think you guys are intersted in that :D. Just wanted to give a little fact.
I think supporters of Spain have to be aware of Barça's history
28ek, I think they actually are. Barcelona sells itself like a plural club, their own anthem says it: "Som la gent Blaugrana, tant se val d'on venim, si del sud o del nord...", which means, basically, that Blaugranas are everybody, even if you are from the north or south...
@@s.correa9370 of course, but those supporters have to understand why Barça's idiosyncrasy is like that. You can be Spanish and support Barça (of course!!) but if the catalans want to vote or something like that I think they have to respect it.
28ek, oh, boy, what you have to understand is that catalans don't want anything. You cannot say that catalans want independece, neither you can say that catalans want to remain, basically because catalan society is broken in two, 50% (in which I am included) feel as spanish as catalans, the other 50% wants independence.
So, when Barça positionates itself in a pro-nationalist way, they are kind of betraying their supporters too.
great work as always
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO!
It would be interesting to see La Liga without Barcelona and whether it would have a domino effect in other regions in Spain and Europe in general. Great video
You would hope France or Italy would accept the Catalan clubs into their league.
@@mikespearwood3914 I feel like the FFF would jump on that as soon as they could if it became a possibility. I mean when you look at it in terms of geographical location, Barcelona is quicker to get to from Toulouse, Montpellier & Marseille than it is from Madrid and the distance from Barcelona to Seville isn't that much less than Barcelona to Lille. Plus you'd probably end up with a fairly similar rivalry (albeit not as deep) with PSG as they have with Real and it'd be a massive cash injection for French football. I don't see the RFEF willingly allowing Barcelona to walk though considering what they bring financially to the league and how important the Real/Barca rivalry is to the global football landscape. It is an interesting thought to consider though.
they would never expel Barcelona, LaLiga's 50% of income come from them.
Thankfully that'll never happen. La Liga knows the commercial implications of losing Catalonian teams(especially Barca) from the league. Catalonia may leave Spain but they will find out some way to allow Catalonian teams to continue playing in the league.
I search almost everything related to football with tifo football at the end of it.
I love this channel so much!
Brilliant video bro! 👌🏾
Content, quality everything par excellence ... Good work Team TIFO
I didn't know I'd love Barca more but I was wrong
Best football channel ever! Keep it going, guys!
Tactics of Ariggo Sacchi's all conquering Milan side,
Please
The offside rule. That's my favorite part
Barca fans who disrespect or hate cruyff are not true barca fans. Cruyff is the greatest gift to Barcelona, and Catalunya
Super fan of your videos.😍👍
La liga could allow Barca and athletic Bilbao and all the other basque and Catalan teams to remain in their current leagues should their respective regions gain independence. Threats of expulsion are made to discourage their fight for independence. The Basque Country and Catalonia bring in a lot of money into the Spanish economy and the Spanish government is terrified at the thought of losing that.
Smh. Madrid make the most money out all. Catalonia and the Basque is where tourist goes but apart from that they we Dont have any other infrastructure. Get independent to because a banana republic? And then relay back on Spain? Im from Catalonia .im Spanish and Catalan im perfectly ok with being both. Yes we make money and it's giving out in the poorer region in Spain to help out our fellow brothers and sisters. So what's wrong with that? Unity over division
Thanks for the video!
Damn, I love this channel
Tifo, please don't ever lie because I love your videos so much I just believe and hit like! Best football channel!
Do a video about Pedro and his performances during 2010/11 guardiola era
Great video again ❤❤
God knows how long I was waiting for this. What a channel. What a video.
You guys are absolutely sensational in what you produce, and I'm sure one day you guys will be household names for every football fan who wants to learn more about the details of the game and it's history.
Also, would love if you guys made more videos on the financial side of football and explain to people about transfers, FFP (Der Spiegel's latest breakthroughs), loans, revenues of a club etc. Keep up the awesome work ❤️
1. The Catalan flag doesn't have any blue parts or white stars. That is the nationalist flag.
2. Franco didn't support Real Madrid, he actually didn't support any teams and if so he would support Atletico de Madrid, which was renamed as Atletico Aviación after the Civil War due to the big number of fascists pilots that joined the team.
Please, do not deceive people or at least try not to confuse them
Great video very informative. You touch on it at the end but what would be the options in theory, for Barcelona if they were thrown out of the la Liga? Could they play in another league as a guest? What would the best case and worst case scenarios?
This is mad late but say they did get independence when Messi was still there then I don’t see la liga ejecting them, and even if they did Barcelona is probably close enough to France to be invited into Ligue 1 and FIFA recognizes Kosovo so they would accept Cata if they became legit
3:30 min - What would happen? Maybe nothing at all:
Cardiff City play in the English football league system (English Football League Championship).
Swansea City play in the English football league system (English Football League Championship).
FC Andorra play in the Spanish football league system (Segunda División B).
AS Monaco FC play in the French football league system (Ligue 1).
Toronto FC play in American football league system (Major League Soccer).
Tifo fast becoming one of my fave channels
splendid video! would love o see a vid about the catalan national side, Victor Valdes has some caps for them aswell.
Mes Que Un Club. 🔵🔴🔵🔴
Absolutely outstanding video. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Amazing👏🏾
As always, brilliant stuff. Precise and informative.
That is interesting. Would anyone recommend articles or books about this topic?
FUN FACT: Franco was an ethnic Galician (spoke Galician, extremely similar to portuguese), but he banned all languages in Spain other the Castillian: Galician, Leonese, Basque, Aragonese and Catalan.
Yes, he banned Galician despite the fact it was his native tongue
FC Barcelona has never been a symbol of catalan independentism. It has been, and it still is, a strong symbol of catalanism, which is a different thing.
I don't understand why people cannot respect other cultures or even the push for its independence. Is it about power? Or control? I live in a country in Africa where smaller groups, with strong cultural heritage, are denied the expression of their unique individuality and independence, as the larger population (mostly the government and media to be honest) feel threatened by this. Schools that use languages or have a unique cultural heritage that belongs to smaller groups, are hated by the media and political groups, and forced to convert to mainstream English schools, and reject the main language and culture it was built on. Now most schools are essentially bullied to become English schools, ironically contradicting the constitution of the country itself, which gives people the right to be educated in their home language. Now the most spoken language is English, whereas the primary home languages are Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho and Afrikaans. I.e. people are denied their own unique heritage, culture and identity.
Because they were never a country and unity is better than separate. If they because a country they would rely back on Spain. So why independent? We all can be different and still be 1
That's not happening in Catalonia tho
Do a tactical profile on Michael Carrick
Long Egg-Wind already done: ua-cam.com/video/NTUcZsmMCUs/v-deo.html
The treatment of Catalan voters was inhumane and appalling but the vote shouldn’t be presented as legitimate. It was held solely with the support of independence supporters and not certified or supported by the majority even of Catalans or Barcelonans. If people other than those who wanted independence anyway had treated the vote as real and legitimate and turned up the result would have reflected the huge diversity of people and opinion in Catalonia. FCB is supported by a huge variety of people in the city, region, Spain and the world. The motto is a celebration of a diverse liberal and a Catalan pride that for many supporters does not mean separation from Spain. The voices of the most vocal group of independence supporters should not be the only view the Catalan promotes over the majority
Surely the way the police reacted is exactly the reason why there needs to be independence.
You do realize something like 80 percent of Catalans want to leave right?
@@carterroane1034 You are so so wrong. The percentage of Catalans who want to become independent is between 30 and 35%. Please be more careful with your words. They don't represent the whole Catalan society in which most want to remain Spanish
@@melgarejocarlos2425 The polls say otherwise
@@carterroane1034 The polls are nowhere near 80 percent and not more than half the population. In the illegal referendum held last year there are pictures of several people voting in 4 different sites and many other using fake ID's to vote.
This is an amazing video
This is a subject dear to my heart. My family comes from Spain, I have more family in Spain that I do in my home country, from Arcos de la Frotnera to Barcelona. The Catalans have it all wrong. While they were a shining beacon of Republicanism during the War of Independence and in strong and correct opposition to Franco it is no longer 1939, the year the war ended. Franco and all his nationalistic tendencies died when Juan Carlos restored the Monarchy and Republicanism. Catalans are free to speak their own language, have their own newspapers, their own TV stations. The Spanish Constitution does not allow for secession and Catalonia forgets it's place. It is part of Spain and will always be part of Spain. They have no legal right nor moral reason to leave. This is a strictly political move by Catalan politicians to stay in power. If Catalan was allowed to succeed then what? They will not be allowed in the EU, they will not be allowed to use the Euro. Their biggest export is Barcelona Soccer. They would do well to stay away from the advice of footballers and television commentators. Viva España.
Man that's so unhumanistic. I mean the right of self-determination, i think catalonia deserves it.
@@MultiJoan09You know nothing.
+PattyKakes7787 lol i'm catalan and i've lived the whole process from the first line
@@MultiJoan09 than you know better than anyone. It's a political ploy with no end plan. Explain to me what happens next? as I said, you know nothing.
+PattyKakes7787 if there wasn't repression you would see there's a plan. The plan is about breaking with fascism, building a new country, bring the refugees and make the fucking revolution
Tifo is the GOAT!
Cruyff ?? Are you talking about the same guy who lived more than 40 years in Catalonia and never spoke in Catalan? That guy?
He did spoke Catalan and he even managed the Catalonian national team.
What the hell are you talking about?
The one who in fact wasn't pro-independence
Absolutely brilliant. Been here since 2016. Love this channel.
Great vid ❤ it , can you do a video about tareq El-taib?
It confused me a kid on why Catalans wanted independence when I was younger. As an American-born Catalan in a Spanish community I was exposed to some of the hate. Many of Spanish families came to this community in the NY Metropolitan Area during the Franco regime. The older generations was so prideful about their Catalan heritage where as us kids didn't care as much. This was due us being Americans rather than Spanish under Franco. We were aloud to speak Catalan and practice our traditions. Heck even the other Basque, Andalusian, and Galician kids shared their traditions. We mostly saw ourselves as Spaniards rather than whatever identity our folks kept screaming about. Again this is because we were born in a society and area where diversity was our identity. In addition I was also mixed as my father was a Peruvian man, so I wasn't fully Catalan and exposed to just one culture. Even as I got older I found being so nationalistic and being prideful just for being born in a certain culture means little to me. I love my culture but because I didn't live in an environment where I was banned from celebrating it made me not as angry as the Catalans in Spain. Even though many say the call for independence is about taxes, it still is rooted in the culture of Catanlunya. We for the most part have been Anti-Castilian since we were conquered by them.
Its like portugal in 1580 if im not mistaken, we were taken over by the spanish and indured 60 of spanish rule over us, until 1640 when D. João IV led a revolution against the spanish. Due to that spanish rule we lost colonies to spain's enemies (the dutch in particular) and economic power due to promises not being kept. So as a portuguese we dont like the spanish that much, and i understand what catallonians are feeling. That said, im not saying I dont like spanish culture or the people, I dont like the pillars on which the country stands, especially the monarchy
@@diogomachado2593 Portugal was not exactly "conquered", The King of Portugal died in 1580 without direct heirs, which led to a dispute between 2 cousins who claimed the throne: António, Prior of Crato, and Philip II of Spain. In the case of Catalonia, the King of Aragon (which included Catalonia) married the Queen of Castille in 1469 and there was not even a dispute.
Countries are nothing but inventions of the rulers to oppress the people. I don't think anyone cared in 1469 or 1580 who were the nobles oppressing them, but nowadays we seem to be more interested in fighting with each other over which corrupt politicians should take advantage of us rather than in preventing them from doing so. Nationalism is definitely the triumph of the elites.
They conquered u??? In the 1200's Catalonia joined Aragon and in the 1400's u guys joined castilla. For better or worse u been together since.
If you say Cataluña was conquered, you have no idea of Spain's history. Cataluña has never existed as an Independent State. They were a region inside the Corona de Aragón, formed by Aragón, Cataluña, Valencia, Murcia and the Balear isles. The king Fernando the II of Aragón married Isabel I of Castille, this being the baso of a united kingdom which would become España.
They refer to the War of Spanish Succession, and that Barcelona was conquered. It is far more complicated than that. Carlos the II was born with serious fisicall and mental problems due to the incest of Spanish Emperors, the Habsburg of Austria. He died at the age of 38 without having fathered any children. Because of that, everyone in Europe tried to reclaim the crown, being the two most likekly candidates Felipe d'Anjou (grandson of the King of France, a Borbon) and Archduke Charles of Austria (a Habsburg cousin of Carlos the II). Charles the II named Felipe king before he died, but the Archduke Charles refused to give up his claim to the throne, so a war started. The war involved every single european forces, because at that time, Spain was the most powerful empire in the world, so it was in the interest of everyone to have a suitable ruler for it. France supported the new Spanish monarch (Felipe), because he was french and they would rule over Europe if he remained king. Austria, England, Netherlands, they all supported Charles, because they wanted to stop Frances power.
Inside Spain, Castillian territories supported Felipe the V (now king), but most of Aragón regions supported Archduke Charles, because he promised to let them keep their Fueros (regional ancient laws) when he became the king. And so the war started. It ended when Archduke Charles brother, José the I of Austria (emperor of the Austrian empire), died, so he returned to Austria in order to become the Emperor, abandoning his claims over Spain. When this happened, most of the regions that supported him gave up the war, but the region of Cataluña decided to go on alone. As the last remanent of rebellion, the King Felipe the V attacked the city and ended the war.
Felipe the V, having been raised in the french court, ruled following the French example, which consisted in centrilizing evrything on the capital, Madrid, and the catalonian bourgeoisie (very wealthy merchant class) didn't like having to pay taxes to Madrid's government, so they started to use the lower classes to fight the ''spanish conquerors'' to stop paying. But calonian independent move didn't take force until the XX century, because of the dictatorships of Primo de Rivera and Francisco Franco.
I've left a lot of information out, but this is more or less, the Spanish history. The claims of having been conquered are not true, but people simply believe what they are told for political purposes instead of researching and finding the truth.
@@danibiendi7829 Yea a lot of my relatives typically use the words conquered and stolen which goes back to how the older generation likes to push a narrative on to the younger audience. And I don't know much of Spanish history as a Spanish person from Spain would as naturally I'm American, and most of the history I learn is from my relatives which as one can tell they like to push a narrative just they're stuck in their old ways.
Give Catalonia their independence and keep Barcelona in the Spanish league.... SIMPLE.
Swansea, Cardiff .... Welsh teams that play in the English Premier League outside of their own Welsh Premier League .... They can do... so can Barcelona 👍
Arguably, it's not as simple. Unlike Catalonia, Wales had never voted to leave the United Kingdom - at least, not in recent times. Thus clubs like Swansea and Cardiff City are not really politically affected.
Maybe it's just me, but that's why we don't see Scottish or Northern Irish clubs in the EPL; perhaps there's some political implications there.
@@UXB1000 Politics influence Barça but its far from being such a political team as Celtic or Rangers. There are lots of unionists who support Barça and in fact the team has followers all over Spain. Although it has historically more links with Catalan nationalist movements and politicians than Espanyol and this has influenced their respective fanbases, tat's true.
Visca el Barça y visca Catalunya
Nice video mate!
Dude. Franco was a Military dictatorship, his team was today Atletico de Madrid, then Atletico aviador, "the team of the army" (literal slogan). He changed the rules twice in order to favour Atletico aviador and avoid relegation. FC Barcelona was managed by
senior military chiefs because during the civil war they were all killed, therefore was highly indulge to transfers or to build and paid Camp Nou. Real Madrid happened to win and as every dictatorship, they used theirs success to market thee regime. Franco denied himself the expansion of the santiago bernabeu stadium , the tranning facilities and many transfers
By the way, actually Franco hated Real Madrid because the president´s right hand, Raimundo Saporta was jew. He used him as friendly regime to jews propaganda (considering what happened with his friend Hitler after WW II) and sell Spain as geographic allied to the USA air forced against URSS and win some cash and protection, but in reality the man was forced to work in misery for peanuts and died as a very poor man. Ramindo Saporta ´s widow was supported privately by real madrid after his dead so she can eat.
Johan Cruyff the real GOAT
If Catalonia gains indépendance, rather than playing in a Catalonian league, Barcelona could join Ligue Un. It's mind boggling to even think the waves it will spread in the footballing world.