The 71-year-old claims Barça’s success is due to the fact that the players in the team have played together for a long period of time.
”Barcelona’s style is the football people want to see and I really hope it’s the blueprint for the future. I really hope skill wins out over strength,” Pelé told FIFA’s official website.
”Look at Germany. They play a much more technical game today, and that’s the football we want to see. We want to see the ball moving, not the players, and you only get that with teams that are really well-organised.
”I’ve been watching this Barça side a lot lately and they’re like Santos were in my heyday, or the great Benfica, Ajax, AC Milan and Real Madrid sides. They all set the standard in their day and, like I said, the key to their success was the fact that they had settled line-ups over a long period of time.”
