Pep Guardiola: The man who changed English football

Looking at the banners with the content "Pep changed football" or the image of the Spanish coach flooding the sports newspapers in England as well as Europe in the past 48 hours, surely those who are indifferent to football can understand how important Pep plays in the journey to glory of Man City, one of the new prides of football in the foggy country.

Man City fans pay tribute to Pep Guardiola

Many experts have come to the same point of view: if Pep Guardiola were still with Man City, with the almost never-ending purse of the Arab owners, this team would create many more miracles, including "unprecedented" ones in English and European football.

Fifteen years after winning 33 titles, Pep is still as hungry as the first day he took charge.

The British media is crazy about Man City, to the point of affirming that this team is capable of winning the "7th" Premier League title under the leadership of Pep Guardiola. However, how many people understand the heart of this Catalan man who has not once touched the Champions League trophy since leaving Barcelona more than 10 years ago, even though he has led famous European teams such as Bayern Munich and Man City?

Wherever "King Midas" Pep Guardiola goes, titles follow.

Starting his coaching career at Barcelona B as an assistant to Tito Villanova in 2008, Pep and the youth team won promotion and the young coach himself also "promoted" when he was appointed to take charge of Barcelona's senior team a year later. He led Barcelona to a "treble" in his first season and became the youngest coach to ever win the Champions League trophy at the age of 38.

Pep's first successful period at Barcelona...

... after the historic sextuple in the 2009-2010 season

During his four seasons at the club he played for so successfully as a youth player, Pep led Barcelona to a total of 14 titles, including two Champions League titles and an unprecedented "sextuple" in the 2009-2010 season. Moving to work with Bayern Munich since 2013, Pep led the "Bavarian Tigers" to three consecutive Bundesliga championships, the most important mark among the total of 7 titles he brought to the Allianz Arena within three seasons.

The glorious years at Bayern Munich...

This confirms that it was not until joining Man City that Pep brought about the "treble" effect and more. The "six-trophy" in the 2009-2010 season with Barcelona, ​​the "quadruple-trophy" in the 2013-2014 season with Bayern Munich had some of the efforts of his predecessor Jupp Heynckes, but three consecutive Bundesliga titles truly turned Pep into a genius in the European coaching world.

...still haunted by Champions League failure after leaving Barcelona

Pep's "unrequited love" during his time leading Bayern Munich was that he could not bring the number 1 German team to the top of Europe. For three consecutive seasons, Bayern Munich reached the semi-finals of the Champions League and were all stopped early after losing to Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, Pep's three Spanish compatriots!

Joining Man City in the summer of 2016, Pep was handed a huge fortune when the English team at that time received a huge investment thanks to the money of the Arab owners, billions of pounds were poured into the transfer market continuously for many years to turn Man "blue" into a new force in English and European football.

Titles keep coming to Pep and the rich team Man City

After losing his first season to gain experience and adapt to the harsh English football arena, Pep Guardiola then continuously conquered all domestic titles with Man City. Winning five championships in the last six seasons, including three consecutive crowns, Pep officially followed in the footsteps of his "idol" Alex Ferguson (who once asked Man United to appoint Pep as his successor) to help Man City become the second team after Man United to achieve this feat.

Failures help Pep Guardiola grow up

In the European arena, as when he was 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 he reached the European Cup final in 2021, Pep's Man City lost to Thomas Tuchel's Chelsea, a colleague who often went empty-handed against Pep when both were working in the Bundesiga.

Man City won a hat-trick of Premier League titles in the last three seasons

Now, perhaps no force can stop Pep and Man City from aiming for a historic "treble" this season. Having eliminated defending champions Real Madrid in the semi-finals, Man City confidently faces Inter Milan in search of their first European title. A few days earlier, Man City also played in the FA Cup final against Man United, a rival from the same city who had lost to them in 4/6 recent encounters on English turf.

The warriors continue their journey of conquest

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