The best night of Cruyff's Dream Team: "That was total football"

Whoever visits the Camp Nou tonight is a Dynamo Kiev battered by the pandemic, and with only 13 players from the first team available.

The icy atmosphere of an empty stadium intertwines the difficult conditions in which the Ukrainians face a duel that refers to memory.

On September 29, 1993,

Barça

had a whole ballot in their hands.

They had lost 3-1 in Ukraine and needed a magical night to move on in the European Cup.

In the end, the Camp Nou experienced a dream evening.

The azulgrana prevailed by a 4-1 that could be much more bulky.

Therefore, it is not surprising that many, including its protagonists, consider it the best match of the Dream Team.

Michael Laudrup

soon opened the can and

made it 2-0 before 20 minutes were played.

closed the gap with 2-1, but again Bakero and

, with one of their direct free kicks, sealed a final 4-1 that

could have rounded off with a fifth goal.

His shot crashed off the crossbar and rebounded inside the goal before returning to the field, but did not rise to the scoreboard.

"I remember the statements Pep made after the game: 'Whoever likes football has to come see Barça.'

And he was absolutely right in the world.

It was the best match for the Dream Team », says

.

«There were 26 or 28 chances to score, 12 shots between the sticks, four shots at the posts ... The one who was most unlucky, although he did not stop giving a show, was

, who failed to score, but had at least five occasions to do it ", recalls an Estebaranz for whom communion with the public was also decisive.

«The

was perfect.

These are things that, unless there is a special match, are difficult to see at the Camp Nou.

The public got infected and took us flying ”, he assures.

"Like Spain's 12-1 against Malta"

The attitude was also decisive.

«In the early stages of the game we were very convinced, we didn't know if we were going to come back, but we were going for them.

The more we saw them crouch, the more aggressive we were.

Above all, due to the movements of the men without the ball, something that was fundamental in that team, "he recalls.

«I have watched the game again and we were Michael on the left and I on the right, Bakero and

doing Romario's Praetorian guard, we widening the field to try to get the men from the medullary to join ... A lot was created of occasions.

And if we weren't looking for a one-on-one between Michael and me ... It was total football », he highlights.

«It was a repertoire of so much game that that's where I consider it as a demonstration of total attack football.

Offensive actions stand out more than defensive ones, ”says Estebaranz, who was partly reminded of Spain's 12-1 against Malta by the match, even though the comparisons are odious and the scoreboard is not so bulky.

“The mentality on the pitch reminded me of that.

You could not treasure all the balls, you had to distribute them, because there was a lot of quality.

In that game I was one more, we all wanted to be participants, and we did it with great conviction, "he says.

That Barça succumbed months later in Athens (4-0) on the night the Dream Team died.

But that is another story.

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