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BARCELONA, Spain - Moments after completing his deal to coach Barcelona for the next two seasons on Friday, Gerardo Martino assured fans that he had come to maintain the winning style established by successors Tito Vilanova and Pep Guardiola. Barcelona announced Tuesday that the Argentine coach would take over for Vilanova, who stepped down last week to proceed with a cancer treatment that was "incompatible" with his coaching duties. The 50-year-old Martino has never coached in Europe before, and after five trophy-laden seasons with coaches who had come up through the clubs youth programs, his signing represents a break from the line of selecting in-house managers. Martino said that he would tweak the team he has inherited, looking to improve on something that was already working well. "I will try to combine both things, keeping with the style of the club and the style the players are comfortable playing in, but logically while trying to add my own part to make a more complete team," Martino said. "There are excellent players here and if we can go back to the ideas of the great moments of Barcelona we will do well." Martino will travel later Friday to Oslo, where Barcelona is getting ready to play a friendly against Valerenga on Saturday. The Spanish league is set to begin on Aug. 17-18. He will have a tough act to follow. Vilanova led Barcelona to the Spanish league title last season and helped Guardiola guide it to an unprecedented 14 of a possible 19 titles as his assistant from 2008-12. In his favour, Martino will receive a star-studded squad with Lionel Messi, several Spanish internationals such as Andres Iniesta, Xavi Hernandez and Cesc Fabregas, and the clubs latest major signing, Brazil striker Neymar. But his chances for success may largely depend on how well he can convince this diverse collection of players used to winning, and winning in the Barcelona way of attacking football, that he is the right man to carry the team through this unexpected transition. While Barcelona won its fourth Spanish league title in five years last season, it lost its place as Europes best team after Bayern Munich crushed it 7-0 over two legs of the Champions League semifinals. Martino thinks he can put Barcelona back on top. "Even for a club like Barcelona that has reached such a high level of excellence, it can also get better and needs to in order to sustain a high level of winning," Martino said. "Above all, we want to recover Barcelonas ability to pressure high up the pitch. We want a Barcelona comfortable in attack and defending far from its own area." While not going into many details about a group of players he has yet to meet, Martino said that he plans to keep using Messi as Barcelonas central forward, "where he has exploded in recent years." Martino considered it "normal" that he was relatively unknown in Europe. His greatest coaching achievements are leading Newells Old Boys to the Argentine league title last season and Paraguay to the quarterfinals of the World Cup in 2010. He has already received the backing of Messi. "He (is) a great coach and his record speaks for itself. He showed he could do things well both at Newells and with Paraguay," Messi said. "I am convinced he will do well at Barca." Messi played for Newells in his home town of Rosario as a young boy before his move to Spain to join Barcelonas "La Masia" training academy. The four-time world player of the year has been Martinos most vocal supporter so far, even though they dont know each other personally. Martino, who has the nickname "Tata," led Newells to its first league title in nine years last in June, achieving a remarkable turnaround for a side that had fought off relegation the season before. He coached Paraguay from 2007-11. As a player, Martino was a midfielder from 1980-1996, including a short spell in 1991 at Spanish club Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Shayne Gostisbehere Flyers Jersey . - Levi Browns tenure at left tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers is over before it even began. Carter Hart Jersey . -- Teemu Selanne scored the first goal of his 22nd NHL season, and the Anaheim Ducks extended the best start in franchise history with their fifth straight victory, 3-2 over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night. http://www.nhlflyersproauthentic.com/ivan-provorov-hockey-jersey/ . Still, Brewers manager Ron Roenicke thought taking him out before the fifth inning was an unusual move. 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Such an emotional moment! Nothing beats UNITY! Congratulations boys! ?? #HJWC2016 pic.twitter.com/F17ZMEnKoS- Rupinder Pal Singh (@rupinderbob3) December 18, 2016What a win! Congratulations for a great win. We are proud of you! #HJWC2016 @TheHockeyIndia- Ramandeep Singh (@ramandeep_31) December 18, 2016Yeah ...we goalkeeper family done it #missionOver #champions #HJWC2016 #gold-medal @Davestani @TheHockeyIndia @FIH_Hockey @AdrianDsouzaHoc pic.twitter.com/cQ3XEUNcSN- sreejesh p r (@16Sreejesh) December 18, 2016Well done our @TheHockeyIndia mens team for winning Junior World Cup 2016. Time to celebrate.- Rani Rampal (@imranirampal) December 18, 2016We have a history to be proud of & a future to believe in, a stunning GOLD performance by @TheHockeyIndia colts! CONGRATS #HJWC2016 CHAMPS!- Manpreet Singh (@manpreetpawar07) December 18, 2016Congratulations to the Indian team for winning the Junior World Cup aft 15 yrs. spectacular win over Belgium. Jai Hind!! ??????@TheHockeyIndia- Viren Rasquinha (@virenrasquinha) December 18, 2016Congratulations @TheHockeyIndia,All the effort and hard work over the last few years is paying off. Enjoy and celebrate hard #nextgeneration- Kieran Ian Govers (@Wizza27) December 18, 2016Congratulations @TheHockeyIndia @HarendraSingh66 & all the players and support staff for winning the #HJWC2016- Tushar khandker (@tusharkhandker) December 18, 2016Congratulations Indian mens hockey team @TheHockeyIndia for winning Junior World Cup by defeating Belgium.dddddddddddd. ????- Vijender Singh (@boxervijender) December 18, 2016Yyyyyeeeeaaahhhhhhhhh!!! Our boys did it...congratulations junior India boys on winning d World Cup.- Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) December 18, 2016Well done junior Indian Hockey Team. Winning World Cup is everyones dream. Heres to the celebrations ???? ?? #HJWC2016- Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) December 18, 2016Another sign that Indian hockey is looking up. Congratulations to the Junior India team. Our obsession with the past was holding us back- Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 18, 2016Congratulations @TheHockeyIndia on winning the Junior Hockey World Cup! The future of Indian hockey is in safe hands. #HJWC2016- Manoj Tiwary (@tiwarymanoj) December 18, 2016Congratulations to all @TheHockeyIndia and #Indian team for being champs of Junior Hockey World Cup. Brilliantly played ????????#INDvsBEL- Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum) December 18, 2016Congratulations @TheHockeyIndia on winning the Junior Hockey World Cup?? You all made us proud?? #HJWC2016- VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) December 18, 2016Congratulations India on winning the #JuniorHockeyWorldCup after 15 years. You guys make us so so proud.#IndVBel pic.twitter.com/a2yfjNKgsx- Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) December 18, 2016AND INDIA WINS! Well done Team for a stellar performance & convincing victory in #HJWC2016 final.Feeling proud #INDvsBEL @TheHockeyIndia- Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) December 18, 2016 ' ' '