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We end the week on a high:

1, coach of the legendary team from the country of 2 in the 1930s, who were nicknamed 3, was the brother of journalist 4. 5 was the star of 3. Englishman 6 is generally given credit for helping 1 develop is fluid passing style of play. 7 is an erstwhile European competition that 1 played a huge part in starting. 8, from 2, playing a little after 3 disbanded,  is one of only three people to have achieved a certain feat.

Now 3 are said to be the first exponents of a style of play 9. 9 was popularised by coach 10, who achieved a lot of success with it with the club 11. The success was immediately continued by Romanian coach 12. But 9 was pioneered by Englishman 13 with 11. 14 was the most famous exponent of 9  in the 11 team under 10. 14 later coached 15 for about eight years, during which he developed a variation of 9 called 16. 16 is still employed by 15 and the national football team of the country in which 15 is situated.

Full points only for getting all 16! Possibly, a chocolate too! 🙂

Answer = 1) Hugo Meisl, 2) Austria, 3)Wunderteam, 4) Willy Meisl, 5) Matthias Sindelaar, 6) Jimmy Hogan, 7)Mitropa Cup, 8)Ernst Happell – he won the UEFA Champs League with 2 different teams, just like Mourinho and Ottmar Hitzfeld, 9)Total Football, 10)Rinus Michels, 11)Ajax, 12)Stefan Kovacs, 13)Jack Reynolds, 14) Johann Cruyff, 15) Barcelona, 16) Tiki-taka.

Cracked completely by Siddarth Pai, who happens to be the winner for this week with a perfect 5! Congrats!