It was the worst kept secret in football the past few weeks the world – first Pep Guardiola announced the departure from Bayern Munich to only a month later with Manchester City came confirmation that the summer will include English club. Although the Spaniard still has to face the problems, which in its present club is not missing, then speculation about how it will work in another run out. Ideas about the next chapter of his career can even spring dominate – will be no different with summaries of work Guardiola in Munich.
What leave Guardiola?
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to listen to one of the coordinators of the junior team of Bayern. There, although not enchant that Guardiola has directly influenced the decisions about their work, the inspiration flowing directly from it are undeniable. It Spaniard eg. Forced the department analytics to develop, follow a few steps forward when it comes to the application of technology and interpretation, not to mention the labor intensity.
Guardiola devote extra hours – those that are not spent watching four last meeting nearest rival – to make up for weekend matches played by junior teams. A keen interest in their feats issued opinions also prepared reports on the most promising players. He advised on what direction they should grow. He gave them a chance – some familiar, for example. Gianluca Gaudino and Lucas Scholl. But the name of a fourteen year old, who joined the senior Bayern training remained a secret club that do not harm the boy. Yet this was not going to Guardiola.
As observe the best journalists of the Bundesliga, Bayern Guardiola helped push a new level also when it comes to football personalities. – A few years ago I humbly Bayern would sell Thomas Mueller Manchester United. A few years ago no Xabi Alonso and Thiago Alcantara did not come to the Bundesliga. Human memory is very short. Until recently, Bayern played by Christian Lell and Andreas Ottl – says Michal Trela from the “Sport Review”. No victory in the Champions League will not change the assessment of the work Guardiola. If Bayern hired him after the victory of Munich in the competition, is certainly the main goal was to repeat the feat, and did not benefit from his knowledge and talent? Anyway, progress has been made – by Guardiola Bayern crept into simple kibicowska awareness between Real Madrid and Barcelona, as listed bankers to play in the Champions League final. He semifinal becomes inexplicable disappointment, and not simply a pleasant adventure that could last.
In Bayern, contrary to how sharply recently contacted to Guardiola, much of his work will be. Even Hermann Gerland, who worked at the club before Guardiola and probably Carlo Ancelotti will cooperate. And he got along well with the Spaniard, first went to the boys, who are impressed by Pep maturity in the game and technique and introduced them to the first-team dressing room. He was the link that Guardiola needed and which perfectly understood. And time for another question – is there such a person in Manchester?
In addition to its own zone
Scenario Manchester City take summer for Guardiola means going outside your comfort zone. Despite the fact that several years landing in England preparing him Txiki Begiristain and Ferran Soriano, whose Pep knows from Barcelona. They, after several years of shameless debauchery transfer had little mute of the club, he had the help of Manuel Pellegrini. As far as work went out to them well – Academy City recently in terms of infrastructure and status exceeded the local rival, United, and the youth Champions League sometimes they defeat several gates junior Bayern Munich – so much in several recent matches, “Citizens,” it was clear that the material Football is not necessarily ideal for Guardiola.
Even on the occasion of the December match against Arsenal. Pellegriniemu already in the previous two seasons accused that it is tactically naive – especially on the occasion of Champions League matches that Manchester City losing in embarrassing style, as to its potential; especially since Chilean in previous years he was able to Malaga and Villarreal achieve results beyond their means – but against the “Gunners” broke everything. His every move was beneficial for rivals who really at the end of the match they utrudnili an appointment. Previously, visitors should drive home after kontrach and easy occasions posed in a rather obvious errors in setting the “Citizens” in the middle of the field. Let us remember – in the middle zone Guardiola sacred.
Manchester Spaniard finds very good players, but those who clearly did not fit into his various ideas. Setting Otamendiego and Mang high in front of his own goal is suicide. They are defenders too slow, but Joe Hart is afraid of running out on even a few meters from the goal line. In support Fernandinho Fernando and Delph, are far from the class, versatility and talent in playing the players whose Spaniard had in Munich.
Going forward, Yaya Toure runs in only one direction – towards the opponent’s goal, when we all know how much pressure is put on the stage Guardiola game without the ball. Pressing? Toure has long since such a thing does not remember. And the essence of this component of the game in the latest edition of the quarterly “The Blizzard” said Robert Lewandowski. – We, the players offensive, Pep likes to say that they trust our instincts. People think that with him everything is programmed. No, it’s not. Only in the defensive phase requires from us certain behavior – explains Pole. In Pellegrini’s eyes throws carelessness in the organization on the defensive. Guardiola sooner tear down the structure Chilean, than would have on the unevenly stacked blocks to create the City on their imagination.
Experiment Service
This is probably the experiment, which demanded from Guardiola himself, though perhaps it is not a drop to “regional league” that wished him the “Suddeutsche Zeitung”, the head of the German school coaches, Frank Wormuth. But the takeover of City Challenge throwing a brilliant coach outside his comfort zone. Sure, will have a budget that Munich could not even imagine – Bayern even told not to use the three transfers to throw tens of millions on a new academy for young people. Now comes a club that base is probably at the highest level in Europe, but has no idea how to carry out talented players into the first team. To suffer from a lack of players fit to compete in the final phase of the Champions League and in one particular system tactical, not to mention even of the liquid to come in on a few others.
A simple example – if you were to imagine the situation from the recent game against Ingolstadt, when Guardiola gave Lahmowi instructions on a piece that had read and understood as three other players for Bayern, then who would he give a slip in the City? Pellegrini of Arsenal’s most intelligent and most talented player took off fifteen minutes before the end of the match to add team speed – and this against a team defending the thirty meter of his own goal. It is not a declaration that Chilean coach is hopeless from the wrong decisions, but to show that this team has just come to a completely different level of understanding football. And it is not like in any way prepared for it.
Even after the coaching benches you can see that challenge awaits him beyond measure, because just characters England managers can boast. Mourinho in the summer probably will come off United and the team with the potential under his plan just so the thing framed. Chelsea still working blindly (it is said among others Pellegrinim), Arsenal certainly continue Arsene Wenger and Liverpool and Tottenham seem to be a step (financial, football?) Behind the headlamp, although they have extremely ambitious coaches. With them City Guardiola will fight, and yet the Spaniard is going to Manchester to first be aimed at Europe. From the first day you will have to look globally. I wonder if not then collide with the earth.
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