FC Barcelona: A New Era

A TEAM THAT'S HAD THE BEST PLAYERS IN HISTORY

A superb showing by the great Ladislao Kubala.

Cruyff kicks it off... Scores! Goal from Cruyff!

Maradona! Maradona just scored into a tie.

Romario. There's Romario. Dear God!

What a goal Rivaldo just scored!

I can't believe it!

What a 180 play from Ronaldinho!

Here comes Messi. Messi goes in, Messi...

It's still Messi, Messi goes in on goal.

Goal, goal, goal!

THAT'S SEEN THE BEST FOOTBALL IN THE WORLD

Ball goes to Messi... Iniesta shoots... Goal!

Goal!

It's Iniesta!

Iniesta... Xavi Hernández...

Xavi! Goal!

Barça's festival! What a show! What a victory!

What a game!

AND THAT'S WON IT ALL

Koeman shoots... And goes down in history.

Kings of Europe!

Xavi gets to lift up the cup.

Barça, champions of Europe!

LIVES ITS HARDEST MOMENT

BARCELONA NOVEMBER 8TH, 2021

We're at a point where things aren't working out.

We think our players are better than the results we're getting.

We're in a bad spot in the League, we'll scrape by the Champions...

Assessing the situation realistically

doesn't mean we don't have high hopes.

Some things are gonna change because losing has consequences.

And I trust we can turn this around.

Thank you. Xavi, you're up.

Thank you. Well, a round of applause.

I don't need applause, I need you to win in the field.

The timing hasn't been the best, getting here mid-season.

The predictions were bad.

A team in a bad mood...

The first task is to help you.

I know a lot of you are having a bad time, trust-wise,

performance-wise, injury-wise...

I'm here to help you, okay?

I'm not gonna police you or yell at you, but I will bring some order.

Today we start by talking about order, rules,

because I asked Busquets and there are no common rules,

which I find unbelievable.

We'll have order and the main objective is to help you.

Second objective: to enjoy.

You'll find that the training is great, always holding the ball.

We'll have a good time pushing ourselves.

And the third objective is to win. We have to win, guys.

There's no way we can go from winning 0-3 to end a game in a tie, no way.

We have to push harder.

We have to aim for excellence. Above average is not good enough.

I've been through this, guys, it's hard, I know it's hard playing for Barça,

but you're good, I've seen you play.

We're at Barça, we're privileged, this is a privilege, being here.

You have to value that we're Barça.

At Barça you have to give it all, you have to win.

Effort and commitment. We're Barça.

THIS STORY RECOUNTS WHAT HAPPENED AT FC BARCELONA

BETWEEN JANUARY 2020 AND AUGUST 2022

Yesterday I was riding alongside the cows in my town

and today I'm here, right? This won't be easy for me.

We have to be confident from the start.

Confident that if we do what we have to do, no one will beat us.

It's always up to us. Always up to us.

The score is 2-8.

Something will have to change.

And you must know we'll change the roster.

Finally! We finally have a president!

Winners of the Copa del Rey!

Everyone knows he doesn't want to go on.

Leo Messi won't renew with Barça.

I don't know if I'll be able to speak...

Koeman has told you yesterday that we fired him.

I told him he'd still be one of Barça's greats.

There is no revolution without good traditions.

The public is with us, guys, they have hope.

The final! A new era of victory has begun!

Come on!

-You wanna stay here or not? -Yeah, of course. I'm a culé.

And this is the way.

We're a better team than Madrid.

Hey, I'd pay to play. I swear.

Barça is back. This is a radical change of pace.

To think we came into a Barça that was about to disappear.

If you say the best option is with those six,

then we have a star team.

There are no more excuses. We can't tie or lose.

We have to win titles now. We have to be passionate.

I want people to be proud.

For people to say, "Man, I really enjoyed watching Barça."

FC BARCELONA - A NEW ERA

BARCELONA

Come on! It's gonna go well.

We have to talk to each other. We're gonna talk a lot.

Come on, guys. For real now. Come on!

Game over! Another loss in the Champions League.

IN JANUARY 2020, ERNESTO VALVERDE WAS FIRED AS COACH

FOR THE FIRST TIME,

THE FC BARCELONA CONTACTS XAVI HERNÁNDEZ

DOHA

AL SADD

We've had a proposal from Barcelona.

They were here to talk with me, but...

I didn't accept because I didn't feel it was a good time for me.

It's my dream to coach Barça, but it's not the right time.

And of course, Quique Setién is ready to coach Barcelona.

I love him as a coach and wish him all the best.

I still remember the first time I came here to play for Barça.

BARCELONA

I remember we came in through that tunnel, and you start to see the pitch,

you start going towards the exit, you start to see the stands...

And, of course, you never forget that.

JANUARY 14TH, 2020: QUIQUE SETIÉN'S FIRST DAY

I'd like to remind you that, despite this, we're in a good position in LaLiga.

We're in the Champions League playoffs. We have the Copa del Rey...

It's a good season.

We're not getting a new coach because we're second to last.

No, it's because we want to improve.

I come here with a huge dream. You can understand this isn't easy for me.

To come to a place like this, suddenly, in less than 48 hours...

Yesterday I was riding next to cows in my hometown

and today I'm here. And this won't be easy for me.

Neither will be understanding things that make a great team like this one

with great players like all of you.

What we want is to help you, and also for you to help us.

I usually have a very strict and close relationship with my players,

as long as players understand that some are on this side,

and I'm the type to say, "You'll be on this side and I'll be on this one."

I know you've set your free day for tomorrow.

I hope you understand

that as soon as possible,

we need to communicate our ideas, and we were thinking

about planning a training session for tomorrow afternoon.

I know this is gonna throw some of you off and this won't be the norm,

and if you're okay with it, and I hope you are,

understand that tomorrow afternoon we'll train and nothing else.

We always have to wait for you.

Leo, Gery and I, sometimes... From now on, not anymore.

-It's over, it just is. -Okay.

Usually I like to be on time.

It's true sometimes things may come up...

But the norm has to be on time for everything...

Let's get to work. Come on, let's go.

First defeat of Quique Setién's Barça.

DEFEAT IN THE CLÁSICO MARCH 3RD, 2020

First and Second Division leagues are suspended.

COVID STOPS LALIGA MARCH 12TH, 2020

Barça says goodbye to LaLiga.

GOODBYE TO LALIGA JULY 16TH, 2020

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTERFINALS AUGUST 14TH, 2020

This is the Estadio da Luz and Barcelona and Bayern Munich players

are ready to play in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League.

There's so much at stake today...

There goes Thiago, he gets a good pass in. Here comes Lucas Hernández.

The ball goes to... Another one from Coutinho, the eighth one!

The score is 2-8! Barcelona is feeling the pain,

it's absolutely unstoppable.

Shame. That's the word. The team needs changes.

If new blood is what we need, I'll be the first to leave, to quit,

because I do think that we have now touched bottom.

The 2-8 is the most terrible day in the team's history.

GERARD PIQUÉ DEFENDER

Every one of us who played has the responsibility.

Barcelona is such a great team that

this really hurts and something will have to change.

AFTER THE 2-8 AND A SEASON WITH NO TITLES, QUIQUE SETIÉN IS FIRED

Quique Setién was fired as the coach

from Barcelona Football Club

after the humiliating 2-8 defeat against Bayern Munich.

His successor will be a team legend, the hero of Wembley,

the Dutchman, Ronald Koeman.

We used to train here. Now it's a parking lot.

Here's my past. I still can't believe I'll be the coach.

Your dream comes true.

I was the Dutch national team coach, it all happened so fast.

RONALD KOEMAN COACH

For me it was a dream to become the coach of Barcelona.

He left the national team to be here. He's an idol and a legend in Barcelona.

SERGIO BUSQUETS MIDFIELDER

Koeman with a Koeman special.

Ronald Koeman.

Koeman, and goal!

Huge goal.

This is a good distance for the Dutchman.

Ronald Koeman! Koeman!

Goal from Ronald Koeman.

And will we see an effort from this man.

Koeman shoots... Goal!

Goal!

There it is. Barça is the European champion for the first time.

Goal from Koeman!

Koeman! Goal! Goal from Koeman!

BARCELONA, AUGUST 19TH 2020 RONALD KOEMAN PRESENTATION

Everybody knows what Barça means to me. It's my home. It's a challenge.

It's not easy, but if we have to make choices

we'll make choices.