Dani Gil

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Paris Correspondent at Mundo Deportivo

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'When I joined Barcelona, the president told me, ‘There’s this boy who will be superb’. He started training with us and I soon knew that he would replace me' Ludovic Giuly on knowing his Barca days were numbered | FourFourTwo

4 days ago | fourfourtwo.com | Joe Mewis |Dani Gil

When Ludovic Giuly joined Barcelona for €7million from Monaco in 2004, he arrived as a title-winner and seasoned international who was in the prime of his career. He would score on his Barca debut and help the side win La Liga in his first season, snapping a six-year title drought at Camp Nou. But shortly after this, he know that his days in the Catalonian side’s first-team were numbered, as a youngster was making waves in the club’s La Masia academy.
‘When Lehmann fouled Eto’o, I put the ball in the net. I was on cloud nine, but then I realised that the referee had blown his whistle for the foul. It was unfair’ Ludovic Giuly on Barcelona’s dramatic Champions League final comeback vs Arsenal | FourFour

5 days ago | fourfourtwo.com | Joe Mewis |Dani Gil

Barcelona announced their arrival as a modern-day powerhouse in the 2005/06 season when they followed up their La Liga title 12 months earlier by conquering the continent and winning the club’s second-ever European Cup. Frank Rijkaard’s side faced Arsenal in the final of the Champions League in what was a dramatic clash in Paris as the Gunners fell agonisingly short in their first appearance in the final.
‘When we saw Sergio Busquets exaggerating, we felt a great injustice had been done. It made us mentally strong. We gave everything, we left our souls on the pitch’: Javier Zanetti on Inter Milan and Barcelona’s 2010 Champions League classic | FourFourTwo

3 weeks ago | fourfourtwo.com | Joe Mewis |Dani Gil

Inter Milan enjoyed the greatest season in their 100-plus year history in 2009/10, when manager Jose Mourinho led the Nerazzurri to the club’s first-ever treble. The achievement was secured when Inter saw off Bayern Munich 2-0 thanks to a Diego Milito brace in the Champions League final, but the chance to seal their place in the history books only came after an epic semi-final battle against a star-packed Barcelona side.
‘There was a time when it was said Xavi and I were incompatible - we proved the opposite. Our connection grew organically, without forcing anything’: Barcelona legend Andres Iniesta recalls early criticism when playing alongside team-mate | FourFourTwo

3 weeks ago | fourfourtwo.com | Ryan Dabbs |Dani Gil

Barcelona legend Andres Iniesta has reflected on his on-pitch relationship with former team-mate Xavi, highlighting that, despite their great success later in their careers, early on many didn't believe they could play together. Andres Iniesta and Xavi first played alongside each other during a 4-0 away win against Mallorca in 2002/03, with their final time on the pitch together coming during the 2014/15 Champions League semi-final second-leg against Bayern Munich, in which Barcelona won 3-0.
‘Mourinho convinced us with actions, not words. Immediately, he made us believe we were capable of making history. His confidence gave us wings’: Inter Milan legend Javier Zanetti on the Special One’s instant San Siro impact | FourFourTwo

3 weeks ago | fourfourtwo.com | Joe Mewis |Dani Gil

Jose Mourinho is currently on the 11th stop of his managerial career and with just one trophy win in the past eight years, it is perhaps easy to forget that used to be a time when his achievements far outstripped the headlines that he continues to make.
Robert Pires: ‘Arsenal’s Champions League final defeat still hurts - it’s a wound that’ll never heal’

1 month ago | independent.co.uk | Dani Gil

Exclusive interview: Arsenal travel to the Bernabeu looking to reach the Champions League semi-finals and return to the stage of one of Pires’ most painful Gunners memoriesDani GilFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing.
‘Many people expect me to coach Barca one day, but I’m not thinking about it. Hopefully one day I’ll return - Guardiola, Xavi and then me? Sounds good’: Andres Iniesta discusses potentially becoming Barcelona manager | FourFourTwo

1 month ago | fourfourtwo.com | Ryan Dabbs |Dani Gil

Barcelona legend Andres Iniesta has discussed the possibility of him becoming the club's manager in the future, following in the footsteps of fellow Blaugrana legends. While Pep Guardiola became one of the best Barcelona managers in history despite his four-year tenure, Xavi enjoyed a varying degree of success, winning La Liga though struggling under the club's severe financial issues.
Dirk Kuyt interview: ‘Thank God there was no VAR for my flying tackle on Phil Neville’

1 month ago | independent.ie | Dani Gil

Dirk Kuyt interview: ‘Thank God there was no VAR for my flying tackle on Phil Neville’Liverpool's Dirk Kuyt makes a flying tackle on Everton's Phil Neville at Goodison Park in 2007. Photo: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images©Telegraph Media Group Holdings LtdToday at 09:19Jimmy Case on Geoff Nulty. Steven Gerrard on Gary Naysmith. Jordan Pickford on Virgil van Dijk. The Merseyside derby is no stranger to memorable challenges, but Dirk Kuyt’s flying tackle on Phil Neville in 2007 might just take top spot.
Dirk Kuyt interview: ‘Thank God there was no VAR for my flying tackle on Phil Neville’

1 month ago | m.independent.ie | Dani Gil
Thank God there was no VAR for my flying tackle on Phil Neville

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Dani Gil

"That promotion is something I'm really proud of in my early stages as a manager, but we have now been relegated and that feels very tough," says Kuyt. "Losing is never nice. But seeing the circumstances, what the players did and the supporters who stood behind us from the first minute until the last, I think we did everything we could. In football, sometimes you need more than to be successful.

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'When I joined Barcelona, the president told me, ‘There’s this boy who will be superb’. He started training with us and I soon knew that he would replace me' Ludovic Giuly on knowing his Barca days were numbered | FourFourTwo

‘When Lehmann fouled Eto’o, I put the ball in the net. I was on cloud nine, but then I realised that the referee had blown his whistle for the foul. It was unfair’ Ludovic Giuly on Barcelona’s dramatic Champions League final comeback vs Arsenal | FourFour

‘When we saw Sergio Busquets exaggerating, we felt a great injustice had been done. It made us mentally strong. We gave everything, we left our souls on the pitch’: Javier Zanetti on Inter Milan and Barcelona’s 2010 Champions League classic | FourFourTwo

‘There was a time when it was said Xavi and I were incompatible - we proved the opposite. Our connection grew organically, without forcing anything’: Barcelona legend Andres Iniesta recalls early criticism when playing alongside team-mate | FourFourTwo

‘Mourinho convinced us with actions, not words. Immediately, he made us believe we were capable of making history. His confidence gave us wings’: Inter Milan legend Javier Zanetti on the Special One’s instant San Siro impact | FourFourTwo

Robert Pires: ‘Arsenal’s Champions League final defeat still hurts - it’s a wound that’ll never heal’

‘Many people expect me to coach Barca one day, but I’m not thinking about it. Hopefully one day I’ll return - Guardiola, Xavi and then me? Sounds good’: Andres Iniesta discusses potentially becoming Barcelona manager | FourFourTwo

Dirk Kuyt interview: ‘Thank God there was no VAR for my flying tackle on Phil Neville’

Dirk Kuyt interview: ‘Thank God there was no VAR for my flying tackle on Phil Neville’

Thank God there was no VAR for my flying tackle on Phil Neville

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