Helenio Herrera - author of Catenaccio and former FC Barcelona coach
10th of April 1910 in Buenos Aires - 9th of November 1997, Venice.
Born in Spanish family in Argentina, Herrera emigrated at age four with his parents to Casablanca, Morocco where he acquired French citizenship.
I was browsing through La Liga seasons as to find out when was the last time Barca won La Liga while scoring less than Madrid and not so surprisingly I had to come all the way down to 1959/1960. The season when Barca was managed by an author of famous defensive tactic Catenaccio.
Barca coach: 58/59, 59/60
Titles won: 58/59, 59/60
Two seasons, two titles. And those are even more significant when you look at this:
La Liga winners by year:
Story has it, that Herrera had words with Kubala and was forced to leave Barca.
One of the biggest mistakes in our history?
Herrera returned to FC Barcelona in 1980 but failed to repeat his first stint and eventually ended up his managerial career in Barcelona.
Anyway, Herrera thread was long due. One for the books.
10th of April 1910 in Buenos Aires - 9th of November 1997, Venice.
Born in Spanish family in Argentina, Herrera emigrated at age four with his parents to Casablanca, Morocco where he acquired French citizenship.
I was browsing through La Liga seasons as to find out when was the last time Barca won La Liga while scoring less than Madrid and not so surprisingly I had to come all the way down to 1959/1960. The season when Barca was managed by an author of famous defensive tactic Catenaccio.
Barca coach: 58/59, 59/60
Titles won: 58/59, 59/60
Two seasons, two titles. And those are even more significant when you look at this:
La Liga winners by year:
Story has it, that Herrera had words with Kubala and was forced to leave Barca.
One of the biggest mistakes in our history?
Herrera returned to FC Barcelona in 1980 but failed to repeat his first stint and eventually ended up his managerial career in Barcelona.
Anyway, Herrera thread was long due. One for the books.
