Marcello Lippi Praises FC Barcelona as the Greatest Team in History

Marcello Lippi (Fomer Italian National Team Coach) praised FC Barcelona as being the greatest team in history. Lippi compared Manchester United, Ajax, and AC Milan with FC Barcelona in order to reinforce his belief in FC Barcelona.

Lippi commented about Barça and the other UEFA teams in an interview with AS.com which was published in Goal. Lippi also praised Real Madrid and its manager Jose Mourinho.

The praise for FC Barcelona from Lippi is in stark contrast to the insults of Zlatan Ibrahimovic towards Pep Guardiola. Lippi's comments are also in contrast to Berlusconi talking about AC Milan's superiority over FC Barcelona.

While Berlusconi and Ibrahimovic can comment about FC Barcelona, the statistics reveal the truth. FC Barcelona under Guardiola won 72% of their matches.

FC Barcelona scored 500 goals within 200 matches and has advanced to Round of 16 of the 2011-2012 UEFA Champions League. It remains to be seen what will transpire for Barça during the current La Liga and UEFA Champions League.