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11 Principles of Team Play
These are the 11 principles that make up the Soccer Awareness philosophy of team play along with 12 problems that teams must solve.
Barcelona Philosophy of Playing Soccer
FC BARCELONA style reflects that the “team” is most important.
The team is more important than any player (individuality)
Having 8 players from their academy in the first team is something that is not happening anywhere else in the world and at the same time they are probably the best team in the world. This past weekend, three more of their academy players had significant playing time in the first team game bringing the number up to 11.