It took eleven years Barcelona Football Club He managed to win a League after the historic and iconic success of the team he commanded Johan Cruyff from the grass. He achieved this by order Terry Venables in the 1984-85 season replaced by an unknown English coach Cesar Luis Menotti and brought a radical end to the Maradona era, which culminated in the embarrassing incident against Athletic in the Copa del Rey final.
Terence Frederick Venables He died this Saturday, aged 80, after a long illness, according to the family (Dagerton, London, 6 January 1943).
“We completely ruined On the loss of a wonderful husband and father who passed away peacefully this Saturday after a long illness. “At this incredibly sad time, we ask that we be given privacy to allow us to mourn the loss of this lovely man we were so lucky to have in our lives,” the text reads. it said.
first tribute
The first club to react to the news was Tottenham Hotspur. It is not for nothing that Venables is considered one of the legends, having won the Cup as a player and manager at the London club. The first act of commemoration planned was a minute’s silence (and applause) before kicking off this Sunday’s duel against Aston Villa.
Venables wasn’t just a Tottenham legend. He was also coach of Crystal Palace, Queens Park Rangers and Leeds United at club level, and coach of England (93-96) and Australia (96-98). He was inducted into the British Hall of Fame in 2007.
Venables deserves it too a Barça legend It emerged as a surprise under the chairmanship of Josep Lluís Núñez, at a time when stars were signed with the stroke of a checkbook. His letter of entry was to become manager of QPR, a modest London club whom he had guided to the first Cup final in their history, losing to Tottenham, promoted from League Two and previously from Crystal Palace. Promoted twice in its category.
Núñez gave Venables, who signed a contract with his assistant Allan Harris, a squad with Bernd Schuster as an icon; Maradona had already been transferred to Napoli and signed the star transfer as a single player, at his own request. Steve Archibald Tottenham’s Scottish striker was overseeing the recruitment of the club’s Hugo Sánchez.
best moment
The real calling card was the 0-3 with which Barça opened the championship at the Bernabéu. Archibald scored a goal; Real Madrid player Ángel made the score 0-1 and Ramon Maria Calderé sealed the big victory. “It was the best moment of the best period of my life” He met Venables almost 20 years later during one of his visits to Barcelona.
Barça galloped through the 34-game league he lost only two of them. While each victory was worth just two points, they were ten points ahead of Atlético and were declared champions in Valladolid with five games remaining, despite a penalty in the 87th minute, invented by Sánchez Arminio and stopped by Urruticoechea (1-2). The lineup was immediately announced: Urruti; Gerardo, Migueli, Alesanco, Julio Alberto; Victor, Schuster, Calderé; Carrasco, Archibald and Rojo. With corresponding contributions by Marcos Alonso, Esteban Vigo and Paco Clos.
Venables had his worst moment a year later; In the European Cup final, Sevilla lost on penalties against Steaua Bucharest. A poor finish in the league (one win in the last seven rounds) meant the loss of the championship and was camouflaged by European qualification for the decisive match.
The traumatic defeat (0-0 in 120 minutes, 0-2 on penalties) meant another change of course. Schuster and Archibald were put aside and contracts were signed with Mark Hughes and Gary Lineker, stars of the recently completed World Cup-86. Archibald replaced Hugues midway through the season and Schuster was recalled the following year (87–88), where Venables lasted only four games (three losses) and was replaced by Luis Aragonés.