On June 17th 2008, FC Barcelona made one of the biggest decisions in club history. Following a 2007/08 campaign in which Los Blaugrana didn't win any trophies and in which they finished a whopping 18 points behind rivals Real Madrid in LALIGA EA SPORTS, change was needed and the directors at the Camp Nou made a bold decision: they promoted Pep Guardiola from B-team coach to first-team coach.
At the time, it was viewed by many as a gamble, a major roll of the dice, but those closest to the young tactician felt confident. They'd seen Guardiola's work with the B team, where he had just achieved a promotion, and knew what he was like from his 386 matches as a player for the club.
Players like Xavi and Andrés Iniesta were excited to work with a figure they'd grown up idolising and who they completely revered. As Xavi famously put it, if Guardiola had wanted to become a musician then he'd have studied obsessively until he achieved that dream. Fortunately for FC Barcelona, Guardiola's passion was football and he led the club on an incredible journey.
Following a rocky start, as the new-look team lost 1-0 at CD Numancia and drew 1-1 at home to Real Racing Club in the first two matchdays, Guardiola's side started to click as the players grew increasingly comfortable in his fluid 4-3-3 system, and they became almost unstoppable.
Playing some of the most scintillating football ever seen, FC Barcelona went on to win the first treble in club history in the 2008/09 campaign, winning LALIGA EA SPORTS, the Copa del Rey and the Champions League. At the time, only four other clubs in Europe had ever won a treble of domestic league, domestic cup and European Cup, and none of them had done so playing such attractive football as this Barça
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