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Man City fans appreciate Pep Guardiola

Many experts have met in one opinion, if Pep Guardiola is still attached to Man City, adding the almost inexhaustible purse of the Arab owners, this team will be more creative. many miracles, including the “unprecedented” form of the English and European football villages.

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Fifteen years of winning 33 titles, Pep is still as hungry as the first day in charge

The British media is crazy about Man City, to the point of confirming that this team is capable of winning the “7” Premier League under the leadership of Pep Guardiola. But how many people understand the heart of this Catalunya man since leaving Barcelona more than 10 years ago has not once touched the Champions League trophy again, even though under his guidance are teams named illustrious age in Europe like Bayern Munich and Man City?

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Where does “King Midas” Pep Guardiola go, the title comes there

Starting his career as a coach at Barcelona B as an assistant to Tito Villanova in 2008, Pep and this young team won promotion, and this young leader himself also “promoted” when he was appointed to take charge of the big team. Barcelona a year later. He led Barcelona to win the “Triple” in his first season and became the youngest coach ever to win the Champions League trophy at the age of 38.

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Pep’s first successful period at Barcelona…

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… after the historic 6th win in the 2009-2010 season

Four seasons working at a team that used to play very successfully in his youth, Pep led Barcelona to win a total of 14 titles, including two Champions League titles and an unprecedented “six” in the season. 2009-2010. Moving to Bayern Munich since 2013, Pep led the “Gray Lobster of Bavaria” to win three consecutive Bundesliga titles, the most important mark in the total of 7 titles he brought to the Allianz Arena within three seasons. .

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Glorious years at Bayern Munich…

This confirms, it was not until he joined Man City that Pep brought the “triple” effect and more. The “six” in the 2009-2010 season with Barcelona, ​​the “fourth” in the 2013-14 season with Bayern Munich had a part of the effort of his predecessor Jupp Heynckes, but three consecutive Bundesliga titles really turned Pep into genius in European military circles.

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… still watching the loss of the Champions League after leaving Barcelona

Pep’s “unrequited love” during the period leading Bayern Munich was not being able to bring this German number one team to the top of Europe. For three consecutive seasons, Bayern Munich reached the semi-finals of the Champions League and all stopped early after losing respectively to Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, three of Pep’s Spanish compatriots!

Joining Man City in the summer of 2016, Pep was handed a great fortune when the English team at that time was greatly invested thanks to the pockets of Arab owners, billions of pounds were poured into the transfer market. continuously for many years to turn the “green” Man into a new force of English and European football.

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Titles keep coming to Pep and the rich Man City team

Losing the first season for learning experience and adapting to the harsh arena of the English pitch, Pep Guardiola then successively joined Man City to successfully conquer all domestic titles. Winning five championships in the last six seasons, including three consecutive crowns, Pep officially followed in the footsteps of “idol” Alex Ferguson (who once asked Man United to appoint Pep to succeed him) to help Man. City become the second team after Man United to achieve this feat.

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Failures make Pep Guardiola more mature

In Europe, as well as when working with Bayern Munich, Pep struggled with Man City in the quest for the top title of the Champions League. The last and only time to reach the European Cup final in 2021, Pep’s Man City lost to Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea, a colleague who was often empty-handed before Pep when they both worked at the Bundesiga.

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Man City won a hat-trick to win the Premier League in the last three seasons

Now, perhaps no force can prevent Pep and Man City from aiming for the historic “triple” this season. Having eliminated the reigning champion Real Madrid in the semi-finals, Man City confidently faced Inter Milan in search of their first European title. A few days earlier, Man City also attended the FA Cup final with Man United, the city’s opponent had lost them 4/6 of the last encounter on the English field.

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The warriors continue their journey of conquest