Perhaps this quote from Johan Cruyff, the man widely seen as Pep Guardiola’s philosophical and spiritual footballing forefather best defines City’s manager.
Guardiola arrives at the Etihad Stadium with a peerless reputation in the world game as an innovator, a master tactician and a born leader.
Before you even get into his unrivalled record for landing titles over the course of his seven years as a coach, the 45-year old’s renown for getting the very best out of the resources at his disposal marks his appointment out as even more exciting than any of the players switching clubs across the continent this summer.
Pep’s ascent from Barcelona B Head Coach to UEFA Champions League winner took place against a footballing backdrop very different to the one we find now in 2016.
Following an era where the moment of transition between defence and attack had been pinpointed as the single most decisive action in a match, allowing pragmatic, counter-attacking football to prosper, Pep showed that there was another way.
His way. Cruyff’s way. A beautiful way.
Just don’t mention “tiki-taka”.
“I loathe all that passing for the sake of it, all that tiki-taka,” Guardiola is quoted as saying in Marti Perarnau’s revealing Pep Confidential book, “You have to pass the ball with a clear intention, with the aim of making it into the opposition’s goal. It’s not about passing for the sake of it.”
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Perhaps this quote from Johan Cruyff, the man widely seen as Pep Guardiola’s philosophical and spiritual footballing forefather best defines City’s manager.
Guardiola arrives at the Etihad Stadium with a peerless reputation in the world game as an innovator, a master tactician and a born leader.
Before you even get into his unrivalled record for landing titles over the course of his seven years as a coach, the 45-year old’s renown for getting the very best out of the resources at his disposal marks his appointment out as even more exciting than any of the players switching clubs across the continent this summer.
Pep’s ascent from Barcelona B Head Coach to UEFA Champions League winner took place against a footballing backdrop very different to the one we find now in 2016.
Following an era where the moment of transition between defence and attack had been pinpointed as the single most decisive action in a match, allowing pragmatic, counter-attacking football to prosper, Pep showed that there was another way.
His way. Cruyff’s way. A beautiful way.
Just don’t mention “tiki-taka”.
“I loathe all that passing for the sake of it, all that tiki-taka,” Guardiola is quoted as saying in Marti Perarnau’s revealing Pep Confidential book, “You have to pass the ball with a clear intention, with the aim of making it into the opposition’s goal. It’s not about passing for the sake of it.”
PICTURE
Perhaps this quote from Johan Cruyff, the man widely seen as Pep Guardiola’s philosophical and spiritual footballing forefather best defines City’s manager.
Guardiola arrives at the Etihad Stadium with a peerless reputation in the world game as an innovator, a master tactician and a born leader.
Before you even get into his unrivalled record for landing titles over the course of his seven years as a coach, the 45-year old’s renown for getting the very best out of the resources at his disposal marks his appointment out as even more exciting than any of the players switching clubs across the continent this summer.
Pep’s ascent from Barcelona B Head Coach to UEFA Champions League winner took place against a footballing backdrop very different to the one we find now in 2016.
Following an era where the moment of transition between defence and attack had been pinpointed as the single most decisive action in a match, allowing pragmatic, counter-attacking football to prosper, Pep showed that there was another way.
His way. Cruyff’s way. A beautiful way.
Just don’t mention “tiki-taka”.
“I loathe all that passing for the sake of it, all that tiki-taka,” Guardiola is quoted as saying in Marti Perarnau’s revealing Pep Confidential book, “You have to pass the ball with a clear intention, with the aim of making it into the opposition’s goal. It’s not about passing for the sake of it.”
PICTURE
Perhaps this quote from Johan Cruyff, the man widely seen as Pep Guardiola’s philosophical and spiritual footballing forefather best defines City’s manager.
Guardiola arrives at the Etihad Stadium with a peerless reputation in the world game as an innovator, a master tactician and a born leader.
Before you even get into his unrivalled record for landing titles over the course of his seven years as a coach, the 45-year old’s renown for getting the very best out of the resources at his disposal marks his appointment out as even more exciting than any of the players switching clubs across the continent this summer.
Pep’s ascent from Barcelona B Head Coach to UEFA Champions League winner took place against a footballing backdrop very different to the one we find now in 2016.
Following an era where the moment of transition between defence and attack had been pinpointed as the single most decisive action in a match, allowing pragmatic, counter-attacking football to prosper, Pep showed that there was another way.
His way. Cruyff’s way. A beautiful way.
Just don’t mention “tiki-taka”.
“I loathe all that passing for the sake of it, all that tiki-taka,” Guardiola is quoted as saying in Marti Perarnau’s revealing Pep Confidential book, “You have to pass the ball with a clear intention, with the aim of making it into the opposition’s goal. It’s not about passing for the sake of it.”
PICTURE
Perhaps this quote from Johan Cruyff, the man widely seen as Pep Guardiola’s philosophical and spiritual footballing forefather best defines City’s manager.
Guardiola arrives at the Etihad Stadium with a peerless reputation in the world game as an innovator, a master tactician and a born leader.
Before you even get into his unrivalled record for landing titles over the course of his seven years as a coach, the 45-year old’s renown for getting the very best out of the resources at his disposal marks his appointment out as even more exciting than any of the players switching clubs across the continent this summer.
Pep’s ascent from Barcelona B Head Coach to UEFA Champions League winner took place against a footballing backdrop very different to the one we find now in 2016.
Following an era where the moment of transition between defence and attack had been pinpointed as the single most decisive action in a match, allowing pragmatic, counter-attacking football to prosper, Pep showed that there was another way.
His way. Cruyff’s way. A beautiful way.
Just don’t mention “tiki-taka”.
“I loathe all that passing for the sake of it, all that tiki-taka,” Guardiola is quoted as saying in Marti Perarnau’s revealing Pep Confidential book, “You have to pass the ball with a clear intention, with the aim of making it into the opposition’s goal. It’s not about passing for the sake of it.”
