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100 Wins In, Record-Breaking Luis Enrique Continues to Innovate at Barcelona
- Updated: August 30, 2016
It all happened so fast and was so lethal. Instantly, it struck that this was so them: breathless, swift from front to back and beautifully brutal.
And yet, there was something different about it, too.
From a rare, quiet moment at San Mames, Barcelona had exploded from the centre circle to the goalmouth with just four acts and in matter of seconds. Sergio Busquets had picked out Luis Suarez with a one-touch pass. Suarez had spun to find Arda Turan on the wing, who in turn crossed for the surging Ivan Rakitic to head home.
On the touchline, Luis Enrique threw his arms triumphantly into the air and followed that with two jubilant fist pumps. This was a significant goal for him.
In a 1-0 win over Athletic Bilbao on Sunday, Rakitic’s strike sealed Enrique’s 100th win as Barcelona manager in just his 126th game, beating the mark set by Pep Guardiola by 13 matches. Perhaps more importantly, though, the goal and the outing it came in hinted that, 100 wins in, Enrique isn’t figuratively sitting still. Instead, he’s continuing to innovate and adapt, looking to add new elements to his side.
That’s not easy to do after an avalanche of success, but here Enrique is doing it.
Luis Enrique:
