The Barcelona Inheritance: The Evolution of Winning Soccer Tactics from Cruyff to Guardiola

From Cruyff's "Total Football" to the epic rivalry between Guardiola and Mourinho, a gripping chronicle of the rise and fall of Barcelona's dominance in world soccer.
Barcelona's style of play--pressing and possessing--is the single biggest influence on modern soccer. In The Barcelona Inheritance, Jonathan Wilson reveals how and why this came to pass, offering a deep analysis of the evolution of soccer tactics and style.
In the late 1990s, Johan Cruyff's Dream Team was disintegrating and the revolutionary manager had departed, but his style gave birth to a new generation of thinkers, including Pep Guardiola and José Mourinho. Today, their teams are first and second in the Premier League, marking the latest installment in a rivalry that can be traced back twenty-five years.
The Barcelona Inheritance is a book about the tactics, the personalities, the friendships, and, in one case, an apocalyptic falling-out that continue to shape the game today.

• The Barcelona Legacy: Guardiola, Mourinho and the Fight For Football's Soul
• Inverting The Pyramid: The History of Soccer Tactics
• Angels with Dirty Faces: How Argentinian Soccer Defined a Nation and Changed the Game Forever
• The Mixer: The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines
• The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports
• The Barcelona Way: Unlocking the DNA of a Winning Culture
• Rotations and Interchanges: A book inspired by Marcelo Bielsa
• Bring the Noise: The Jürgen Klopp Story
• My Turn: A Life of Total Football
• State of Play: The Heartbeat of Modern Football