Guardiola has completed 900 matches in Copenhagen: twice as many as City and Barcelona.

The reigning Premier champions continue their flawless European journey in Denmark after securing all six wins in the league rounds and are second in the Premier League, which they also own, narrowly one game clear of Liverpool. If they win, it will pass.

Four at home, eight out

Neither the numbers nor the classification will change meticulous preparation What Guardiola should have done was analyze Copenhagen on his computer until he found the weak spot where he could hurt himself and take another step in the calendar. Because City’s manager is not one of those who enjoy looking back, on the contrary. He faces the next match as a career-defining challenge. That’s how severe the situation is. That’s how aware he is of football’s greed.

There is much less aggressive greed in England than in Spain; Here, at least at Barça, there is a harsher decision than anywhere else in the world. There is no other way to explain why Guardiola will last twice as long in cold, gray Manchester as in today’s dry Barcelona, ​​where his family and friends are.

From “Tighten your belts, we’re going to have a good time” (August 17, 2008) to “I emptied myself, I need to fill myself up” (April 27, 2012) Barça’s best times are included.

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He served in Barça for 4 seasons -five, that Guardiola never strayed from the course he led Barça B, the first champion team of the Third Division- and will turn eight at City At the end of this session, he will have one more year left on his contract until 2025.

Guardiola, tired of the insidiousness he detected in the board of directors, especially the president Sandro Rosell and his assistants, voluntarily interrupted Barça’s most glorious period in terms of titles and quality of football. To avoid “hurting ourselves”, He used the term to refer to the wear and tear on his dealings with some players, limited by the “little faces” they showed for an eventual substitution.

He was an “intern”

Pep was sitting on the Camp Nou bench in 2008 and some of the circle were against him, and Laporta narrowly escaped the ‘match ball’ of a motion of censure that summer and was now stoned by many who claimed to be his friends. They belittled the President’s election and wrote as “intern”.

“Tighten your seatbelts, we’re going to have a good time” Pep made the prediction during his team presentation on 17 August 2008. “I emptied myself and I need to fill myself up.” He announced his postponed farewell on 27 April 2012, two months and three days before his contract was due to expire; a method later promoted by Luis Enrique and Xavi Hernández.

three years in Germany

Among the legendary expressions that derive the words hello and goodbye, Guardiola’s Barça left its mark on an unprecedented period in history Football that exceeded the club’s expectations by winning three Leagues, two Champions Leagues and two Club World Cups, and a total of 14 titles. Barça was like that First person in history to chain consecutive sixes (League, Cup, Champions, National Super Cup, European Super Cup and Club World Cup) and to present three young players (Messi, Iniesta and Xavi) in the top three places for the Ballon d’Or.

Guardiola spent a year recuperating in New York and spent a period learning German before joining Bayern Munich. He stayed in Germany for three seasons and, of course, won three Bundesliga titles. Although it failed to gain any Champions League nod, it ushered in changes in domestic German football and saw successive clashes with Madrid, Barça and Atlético, the competition’s first two champions and third finalists.

Guardiola transformed Manchester. United’s red city was painted in City’s sky blue.

Landing

While Pep was establishing himself in Munich, Catalan gradual landing in Manchester It aims to attract the character that will transform the city’s football ecosystem in the future. Guardiola changed the weight balance ruthlessly. United’s red city was painted in City’s sky blue, His followers got rid of all their inferiority complexes against their magnificent enemies.

Guardiola spent his first year learning and adapting without being able to deliver a title to the team (the only off season among the 15 already completed) and without hearing any reproach from the staff or other teams, all of which depend on him. The stands are unpretentious due to the little traffic flowing towards the east of the city.

The 2016-17 academic year was a year of adaptation; The spectacular stage it hosted was the foundation training for an unprecedented free period at the Etihad. To the best English team of the decade, with Five Premiers have won from the last six games, The European and world champion, who visits Copenhagen today, is as convinced of his method as he is anxious to get equality back on track.

One six and two poker

Insurmountable competition Uniting Guardiola’s clubs with their rivals (Barça and Madrid, Bayern et al, City, United and Liverpool) conditions the decision To the technician’s career. So let the numbers do the talking. Winning first six History of history (2009, later equalized by Hansi Flick at Bayern Munich (2020), Guardiola two more pokers, Barça (2011, failed in Copa del Rey) and City (2023 English Super Cup missed).

Above Guardiola is Sir Alex Ferguson, who won 50 championships in his 39-season career. They rank high in the rankings of success as a coach. The red that he painted Manchester with United was painted blue again by England. Santpedor coach with 37 championships in 15 seasons Completed in the absence of finishing the existing one.

Unquestionably the best

Guardiola has won 12 of the 15 leagues he has participated in and, compared to Ferguson, has a higher win percentage (72.7% compared to the Scots’ 58.1%), goals scored (2.46 vs. 1.85) and goals scored (2.46 vs. 1.85). ) have lower goal rates against. 0.78 to 0.92).

Compared to his contemporaries, Pep’s 37 trophies surpass the great history of football. Carlo Ancelotti and his 27 championships in 27 seasons (1995-2024, did not coach in 2015-16) and José Mourinho, 26 championships in 23 seasons (2000-24).