[新聞] 本週歐冠雜誌-Rijkaard專訪
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Rijkaard's beautiful game
Friday, 12 November 2004
By Adam Szreter
They say nothing can replace the thrill of playing,
but for Frank Rijkaard life as a coach must seem pretty
fulfilling. Four years after resigning as manager of the
Dutch national team, and following an inauspicious start
in club management with Sparta Rotterdam, his FC Barcelona
side are top of the league in Spain.
Attractive style
They are also setting tongues wagging in the UEFA Champions
League, and as their 2-1 win at home against AC Milan on
Matchday 4 proved, they are effective as well as stylish.
"It was a victory for attractive football," said Rijkaard,
who looks as though he could roll back his 42 years and slot
into Barcelona's defensive department with little trouble.
Lean period
Rijkaard was a surprise choice to succeed Radomir Antic in
the summer of 2003, and at first the gamble looked to have
failed as Barcelona languished in mid-table, losing 5-1 to
Malaga CF then at home against Real Madrid CF for the first
time in 20 years. "We had good footballers playing within
themselves so that no one could say after the game, it was
his fault, or his fault," Rijkaard told uefa.com. "They were
not connecting as a team."
Summer signings
But the turn of the year brought a change of fortune, so much
so that Barca finished second in the Primera Division. Since
then a string of summer signings such as Ludovic Giuly from
AS Monaco FC, Samuel Eto'o from RCD Mallorca and Henrik Larsson
from Celtic FC have further strengthened Rijkaard's hand.
Problems solved
"The players last year did a great job in creating the base,
especially in the second half of the season when we solved most
of the problems," said Rijkaard. "With the directors, and Txiki
Beguiristain [technical director] in particular, we planned to
get players with the right mentality who could immediately make
a contribution to the team."
Team solutions
It is not only transfer decisions that involve other staff,
but substitutions too as Rijkaard revealed after the Milan game.
"I always want to work as a team, because several people know more
than one person," he explained. "You have your own thoughts about
football, but if you start working at a new club you've got to get
to know the people you're working with, and discover the club's philosophy."
Barca philosophy
He added: "At Barcelona, I may change one or two things because of
the players I have, but generally I'm following the lines of what
the public appreciated here. They want to see a team that wins, but
in a good way. That's an extra challenge, but I like it because it's
also the thing that I like best."
Star system
Rijkaard is renowned for his rejection of the star system - "I never
considered myself a star when I was at [AFC] Ajax or [AC] Milan," he
once said - but even he has to acknowledge the outstanding contribution
of his Brazilian talisman Ronaldinho, strongly fancied to carry off
FIFA's Player of the Year award next month.
Ronaldinho magic
"Ronaldinho is fundamental to the team," admitted Rijkaard. "If he
is happy you can see it in the whole side. I consider him a very
important player, and also a sensible person. He is very famous,
and it's not always easy for him. But he's a wonderful person, who
gives a lot of himself to his team-mates while coping with the pressure
that he has from all over the world. He has a great talent, he has to
live with it, and he does so in a great way."
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