2023-06-12 03:04:43
“He has an obsessive eye for detail, clarity of vision, tactical awareness, leadership, passion, and the ability to get the best out of every player he coaches.” These were the words with which French legend Thierry Henry described his former coach at Barcelona, Pep Guardiola, who was crowned with the title. Champions League.
Guardiola succeeded in leading Manchester City to crown the first European Champions League in the club’s history, completing the treble “English Premier League, FA Cup, and Champions League”, and becoming the second English club to achieve this achievement, following Manchester United in 1999.
Ferguson pursuit
Guardiola reached his 35th title in his career, surpassing Romanian Lucescu, who has 34 titles, to become the second most decorated coach in the world, and continues to pursue Sir Alex Ferguson, who has won 49 titles in his history.
The most important is tactical
Henry’s words of praise for Guardiola, and his consideration of him as the best coach in history, were shared by historical stars such as Lionel Messi, the current Manchester City star, Erling Haaland, and many football stars.
Messi talked regarding his experience with Guardiola, noting his distinction in the way he sees things, and that his plans always end successfully.
Guardiola.. the first coach to achieve this feat with two different teams
Guardiola succeeded in reaching the third podium in his history for the Champions League, to equalize Zinedine Zidane “Real Madrid” and Bob Paisley “Liverpool”, and he has one title left to equal the Italian Carlo Ancelotti, who won the Champions League 4 times, twice with Real Madrid, and the same with E. C Milan.
Guardiola became the first coach in history to achieve the “League, Cup and Champions League” treble with two different teams, following he had previously achieved it with Barcelona in 2009, to repeat it with Manchester City in 2023.
Guardiola joined a list of 6 coaches who succeeded in winning the Champions League with two different teams: Ernst Abel (Feyenoord – Hamburg), Ottmar Hitzfeld (Borussia Dortmund – Bayern Munich), Jose Mourinho (Porto – Inter), Jupp Heynckes (Real Madrid – Bayern Munich). ), Ancelotti (Milan – Real Madrid).
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