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===Barcelona=== Venables gained a good reputation as a manager with his successes at Crystal Palace and QPR, and this attracted offers from some of Europe's most prestigious clubs. In 1984, Venables took the role of manager at [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]], earning the sobriquet "El Tel" by the English tabloid newspapers.<ref name=":4" /> He was recommended by [[Bobby Robson]] and [[Doug Ellis]] to [[Joan Gaspart]], the F.C. Barcelona vice-president at the time.<ref>{{cite news |title='A special man and trailblazer – Venables' lasting legacy at Barca' |language=en-GB |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67538677 |access-date=28 November 2023 |archive-date=27 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127205252/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67538677 |url-status=live}}</ref> Venables used a very English system, a classic [[Formation (association football)#4–4–2|4–4–2]], which took advantage of outstanding defenders like [[Gerardo Miranda|Gerardo]], [[Migueli]] and [[Julio Alberto]], and a hard-working midfield led by West German [[Bernd Schuster]]. During his three seasons in [[Catalonia]], Venables led the club to the [[La Liga|Spanish league title]] in [[1984–85 La Liga|1985]] (their first since [[1973–74 La Liga|1974]]).<ref name="Team Coach"/> He also won the [[1986 Copa de la Liga]], and led them to the [[Copa del Rey]] final in 1986 losing to [[Real Zaragoza]].<ref name="Team Coach"/> Barcelona also reached the [[1986 European Cup Final]], although they lost to [[FC Steaua București|Steaua București]] in a penalty shoot-out following a 0–0 draw. It was Barcelona's first appearance in a European Cup final since 1961 and had been achieved after one of the most dramatic European Cup semi-finals in the history of the competition. Venables' side overcame a 3–0 first-leg defeat to Swedish club [[IFK Göteborg]], winning the second-leg of the 1986 semi-final at the [[Camp Nou]] in a penalty shoot-out after a 3–3 aggregate score.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ten best European Cup semi-finals: Barcelona 3 Gothenburg 3, European Cup, 1986 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-ten-best-european-cup-semifinals-1950330.html?action=gallery&ino=3 |access-date=7 April 2013 |newspaper=The Independent |location=London |first=Simon |last=Rice |date=23 April 2010 |archive-date=18 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218092131/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-ten-best-european-cup-semifinals-1950330.html?action=gallery&ino=3 |url-status=live }}</ref> Venables brought two British strikers to Barcelona in 1986 – [[Gary Lineker]] from [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] and [[Mark Hughes]] from [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]. Lineker was a great success at the Camp Nou, scoring 21 goals during his first season, including a hat-trick in a 3–2 win over Real Madrid. Lineker spent three years at Barcelona, until Venables brought him back to England with his new club [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] in 1989. Hughes was less successful and spent just one season in the Barcelona side, before being loaned to [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Mark Hughes, two games in a day, and the contrasting spells at Barcelona and Bayern Munich |url=https://thesefootballtimes.co/2020/03/31/mark-hughes-two-games-in-a-day-and-the-contrasting-spells-at-barcelona-and-bayern-munich/ |access-date=26 November 2023 |work=These Football Times |date=31 March 2020 |archive-date=28 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128004630/https://thesefootballtimes.co/2020/03/31/mark-hughes-two-games-in-a-day-and-the-contrasting-spells-at-barcelona-and-bayern-munich/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Venables was dismissed by Barcelona in September 1987, after failing to repeat his title success at the [[Camp Nou]] and losing home and away to eventual finalists [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]] in the quarter-finals of the [[1986–87 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]] six months earlier.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dundeeunited.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=54887 |title=Barcelona Plan Scottish Pre-Season? |date=3 March 2007 |access-date=2 July 2009 |work=Vital Football |last=Jacques |first=Arab |archive-date=15 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015040210/http://www.dundeeunited.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=54887 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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