Training ground guru pep guardiola and the half spaces. What the book does brilliantly is dismantle the british view of guardiola. Pep guardiola style icon football coach sport style. They vowed never to leave the sleepy village that helped their son pep in starting his career. Guillem balague is the author of messi, bar a, pep guardiola, a season on the brink, cristiano ronaldo, which won the british sports book football book of year award in 2016, and brave new world, his bestelling biography of mauricio pochettino. As a footballer, josep pep guardiola was a muchacclaimed defensive midfielder who spent the majority of his playing career with fc barcelona. Style is a word that remains synonymous with manchester city manager pep guardiola, and it has done ever since the former midfielder made his debut in johan cruyffs socalled dream team in 1990. The evolution takes the reader on a journey through three action packed seasons as bayern smashed domestic records yet struggled to emulate that dominance in europe, analysing guardiolas management style through key moments on and off the field. It may not be immediately clear from the 10 scoreline, but manchester city completely dominated chelsea on saturday, in a victory thats easily the most impressive of. A key fixture of sky sports coverage of spanish football for many years, he now broadcasts on bbc radio 5 live and for laliga. He drew inspiration from his coaches and he evolved with the passing of time, coming today to manchester city with values held in what is his way of thinking about the game.
Pep guardiola childhood story plus untold biography facts. A tough baptism for the debutant coach, pep guardiola, made all the harder when the result isnt much better in their second game against racing. Characterised by his simplistic but aesthetically pleasing style of play, pep won a staggering 16 major honours as a barcelona player, before. Guardiola spent the majority of his playing days with barca and was an integral part of johan cruyffs european cupwinning dream team. Pep guardiola is the most successful and soughtafter football coach in the world. The author makes the reader feel as if you are downloading peps brain.
The format of the book also puts some people off, with the book. Pep guardiola would rather quit manchester city than change his style of football. This books specifically describes the talent and nature of pep guardiola around barca, his relationship with players. Guardiola lifted his first trophy in england following a 30 win over arsenal in the 2018 carabao cup final. Won everything there was to win with barca, as his side were lauded as one of the greatest of all time. Man citys star defender has spent fourandahalf months on the sidelines already this season after suffering a knee injury back in august, and did not even last to halftime against real madrid. Pep guardiola latest news, breaking stories and comment. That said, tikitaka suited guardiolas needs perfectly. The etihad chief has come under fire for being too bold in the. Fullbacks role in pep guardiola tactical system the. Pep guardiola style being bald is serious business. Diego simeone and jose mourinho are the last bastions of a dated style that has been consumed by the attacking revolution that pep guardiolas barcelona triggered, with the champions league last. The most stylish managers, coaches, and owners in all of sports everything youve always wanted to know about soccer. The citizens dominated throughout the 201718 premier league season, with guardiola securing his first league title in english football with a record of 106 goals, 32 wins and 100 points.
Pep guardiola latest news, transfers, pictures, video. With a playing style that was totally innovative pep guardiola managed perfection season after season. Pep guardiola attacking tactics tactical analysis and sessions. The five months in mexico that shaped pep guardiolas. It seems pep is a big fan of the colours grey and black. For three extraordinary seasons at bayern munich, marti. Managing with peps style of staying focused on the big picture while at the same time. Pep guardiola bleacher report latest news, videos and.
Manchester city is pep guardiolas most guardiola team wsj. Unsurprisingly for someone who has hoarded 21 trophies in eight seasons as a topflight coach, he wants to win. Characterised by his simplistic but aesthetically pleasing style of play, pep won a staggering 16 major honours as. This book gives you a rare opportunity to use pep guardiolas practices and learn from one of the best coaches in the history of football. The 88 attacking combinations and attacking positional patterns of play included are taken direct from pep guardiolas training sessions at manchester city, bayern munich and fc barcelona. All the latest breaking news, headlines, analysis and articles on pep guardiola from the evening standard. Once again, guardiola was going stubbornly against the grain. If youve ever wondered how great coaches think about the game this is the book for you. These 3 pep guardiola books will teach man city fans all they need to know.
After being appointed firstteam manager in 2008, he transformed barcelona into arguably the greatest club side of all time, winning thirteen trophies in four years, and he won the double. Pep guardiola fears liverpool will shatter many manchester city records on their title march. Pep confidential is a landmark book of its genre which chronicles guardiolas first season at bayern munich. But many people observe that guardiolas sense of style is inspired and encouraged by his stunning wife. Fernandinho proves why pep guardiola is yet to solve big. Pep guardiola childhood story plus untold biography facts parents. The spanish journalist was invited into the inner sanctum and told. Pep guardiola 88 attacking combinations and positional patterns. It was also a bold decision, as soccer had been slowly but steadily evolving away from tikitaka, favoring a more fastpaced, physical style in its stead the same evolution that forced guardiola into retirement.
He is considered one of the greatest coaches in the world after success in england, germany and spain. Dont ever confuse pep guardiola for a styleoversubstance aesthete. Pep guardiola 88 attacking combinations and positional patterns of play direct from peps training sessions. Pep guardiola news, views, gossip, pictures, video. Pep guardiola is the son of a bricklayer who has been described as the che guevara of football but who exactly is. Pep guardiola has transformed barcelona into arguably the greatest club side of all time, and this entertainingly perceptive biography explains how. After being appointed firstteam manager in 2008, he transformed barcelona into arguably the greatest club side of all time, winning thirteen trophies in four years, and he won the double twice in his three years in charge of bayern munich. The evolution takes the reader on a journey through three action packed seasons as bayern smashed domestic records yet struggled to emulate that dominance in europe, analysing guardiola s management style through key moments on and off the field. It is a style that has attracted the world in awe and in its best made the beautiful game all the more beautiful. Fc barcelona went on winning every possible club title in the world. Pep guardiola fears liverpool will wipe man city from.
Pep guardiola hachette new zealand ltd, international. The big journalists of spanish football are here guillem balague and graham hunter whilst marti pernrau goes behind the scenes at bayern. Entertainingly perceptive biography of the hugely successful manager of fc barcelona, pep guardiola. The book included some interesting statistics on peps 3year tenure at bayern and elaborated explanations on his tactics, not just overall but drilled down into some of the specific matches as the author had open access to guardiola and his team. To date, it would be fair to say that guardiola is yet to. A shameless love letter to the undeniable style of manchester citys new manager, pep guardiola. The aim of the book is to use the innovative attacking tactics of pep guardiola to. Practice and apply pep guardiolas attacking tactics and spectacular style of. He was part of the great johan cruyffs dream team that won the clubs first european cup.
Dress like pep a semipractical guide to pulling off pep guardiolas looks on a budget. Pep guardiola follows a system which is popularly known as tikitaka and has bought overwhelming success to his former side barcelona and by influence the spanish national side. Pep guardiola is a football obsessive but is relaxed and happy in manchester. Citys centurions were the first team to reach 100 points when they lifted the premier league. Guardiolas parents, valenti and dolors, still live in santpedor. As the author shadows the manager and his superstar players during training and. Peps wife, cristina serra, told me, i think pep shares too much in your book. At fc barcelona pep guardiola started to revolutionise the way of envisaging football, through the positional play that is characteristic of him.
He is considered to be one of the greatest managers of all time. These 3 pep guardiola books will teach man city fans all they need to know about their new boss. The five months in mexico that shaped pep guardiolas philosophy on wednesday, five months into his tenure as manager of manchester city, pep. What i really wanted from this book, and what balague delivers, was some insight. A member of the 1994 barcelona dream team before taking over as manager in 2008. Guardiola s style of play certainly allows him to adopt a ballplaying role from deep, but he has been incredibly valuable this season.
This book tells how pep guardiola did itplaying the beautiful game and winning. Get the latest pep guardiola news, photos, rankings, lists and more on bleacher report. The book also goes on to predict how guardiola will set about his project at. Pep guardiola is the new manager of manchester city. Pep guardiola latest news on man city manager the sun. Pep guardiola is the current manchester city football manager. Show all premier league champions league carabao cup. Manchester city is pep guardiolas most guardiola team city is running away with the premier league playing a style that their manager has perfected.
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