Pep Guardiola
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Ghostmaster
Danger Ahead
I think Muller might be fired soon
BBZ8800
Senior Member
Anyway, Pep has a problem, and it was apparent already in Barca's days.
He can play only a possession football:
1. if it works=good
2. if not, he still plays a possession football=and hopes that a result will magically change
He said this after the match:
"I respect the players I had on the bench but I decided to make just one change. I could have made more but I opted to stick with the team on the pitch. I am very proud of my team – for two or three months now we have had problems but we have come this far. These players have won major trophies in recent years, even a World Cup. The bad things are down to me. I can only thank these players. We knew who we were facing tonight. It has worked for me in the past to control possession and I CANNOT IMAGINE football PLAYED ANY OTHER WAY. But I congratulate Barcelona and we will see them next week in Munich."
Bayern's fans are angry because of that.
And partly they are right, surely.
Our Lucho's Barca didn't work well in the first half of the Season, and luckily Lucho changed some things.
With Pep, till now, he doesn't offer any hopes that he will be interested in changing anything regarding a possession football.
It seems that he is willing to experiment with formations, from 442 to 451, 433 and 352, but he plays possession all the time.
And it seems that most of the bigger teams have figured out tricks how to win against Barca's/Bayern's extreme possession game, and he is having problems against more or less any stronger team.
If he will want to win more CL trophies with some teams in the future, he will need to step away slightly from his stubborn one-dimensional possession and only possession football and offer some other variations also.
He can play only a possession football:
1. if it works=good
2. if not, he still plays a possession football=and hopes that a result will magically change
He said this after the match:
"I respect the players I had on the bench but I decided to make just one change. I could have made more but I opted to stick with the team on the pitch. I am very proud of my team – for two or three months now we have had problems but we have come this far. These players have won major trophies in recent years, even a World Cup. The bad things are down to me. I can only thank these players. We knew who we were facing tonight. It has worked for me in the past to control possession and I CANNOT IMAGINE football PLAYED ANY OTHER WAY. But I congratulate Barcelona and we will see them next week in Munich."
Bayern's fans are angry because of that.
And partly they are right, surely.
Our Lucho's Barca didn't work well in the first half of the Season, and luckily Lucho changed some things.
With Pep, till now, he doesn't offer any hopes that he will be interested in changing anything regarding a possession football.
It seems that he is willing to experiment with formations, from 442 to 451, 433 and 352, but he plays possession all the time.
And it seems that most of the bigger teams have figured out tricks how to win against Barca's/Bayern's extreme possession game, and he is having problems against more or less any stronger team.
If he will want to win more CL trophies with some teams in the future, he will need to step away slightly from his stubborn one-dimensional possession and only possession football and offer some other variations also.
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Ryu Hayabusa
Guest
I think Muller might be fired soon
Pep still doesn't know the general rule that you never substitute Müller in an important match.
KyletheMuslim
Guardiolista
Indeed, 2012 Champions league final comes to mind
Simmelbert
New member
lol? not looking good?
just lol. next season the whole team will be injury free.
i know that neymar-suarez-messi is out of this world.
but
someting like
ribery-lewa-robben
isn't to bad when fit, aye?
Simmelbert
New member
what on earth will you chance when robben, ribery, alaba and badstuber are injured and javi isn't fit?
Devils
Senior Member
Yeah good luck to you and your 33 and 32 year old injury prone wingers next season.
Simmelbert
New member
allright...The common factor in all of this, ironically, is Pep.
Pep is a bad luck charm, but Lucho...
There's nothing suggesting him abandoning his philosophy.
But they should come back stronger as will PSG, Chelsea, ManUtd, City and others.
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