Guardiola's new tactical experience evaporates the big dream
7 artistic mistakes committed by the "philosopher" and deprived Manchester City of the title of "champions"
Guardiola fails again in the big matches of the Champions League.
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The Spanish coach, Josep Guardiola, failed again in his quest to lead his Manchester City team to the first title in its history in the Champions League in football, and put himself the subject of much criticism due to a tactical experience in the final match against Chelsea in which he committed seven technical mistakes.
After 10 years of his second and last continental success with his former team Barcelona in 2011, the Catalan coach, famous for his genius and ranked among the best technical managers in the world, surprised all observers, the day before yesterday, with a squad that missed a defensive midfielder, one of the main elements in reaching Manchester City The final match of the prestigious continental competition for the first time in its history, when Paris Saint-Germain forced the French to suffer in the semi-finals.
Guardiola preferred to keep his compatriot Rodri and veteran Brazilian captain Fernandinho on the bench, preferring them two attacking players, Bernardo Silva, and Raheem Sterling, who was absent from the competition recently. The result was that his confused team was punished by Chelsea led by its German coach, Thomas. Tuchel, who renewed confidence in his usual line-up, without last-minute innovation, evaded Citizen's hopes.
The British newspaper, The Sun, commented on the Catalan coach’s tactical plan, “Pep Guardiola crossed the narrow line between genius and madness, and decided that the Champions League final was the right time to conduct one of his experiments as a crazy professor. The chemist for Manchester City ended up raising a foul bomb only, with Manchester City without a defensive midfielder or a seasoned attacking center.”
For its part, "The Guardian" explained that Guardiola "invented a new way to lose and search into new depths of his frustration."
As for the only goal of the match, Guardiola's options were exciting, with his squad he wanted to put his two backs against their counterparts in Chelsea, they were even far from Ederson's goal, and this led to opening huge holes in midfield, which Mason Mount exploited perfectly when he passed A deep ball went to the German Kai Havertz, who started unattended, and Ederson opened the scoring in the 42nd minute.
"We could have done better in the first half, but the opponent is Chelsea, it's difficult to create a lot of chances, I'm sad, but I have a little criticism," Guardiola said after the end of the match.
"I tried to choose the best squad to win the match, (German Ilkay) Gundogan played many years in this position (defensive midfielder), we tried to get the ball quickly, to find players between the lines and that was the decision."
The 7 Sins
1- Entering the match with an unfamiliar squad.
2- Keeping the Spaniard Rodri and the Brazilian Fernandinho on the bench.
3- Dependence on the Englishman, Raheem Sterling, who has been absent from the competition recently.
4- Tension, confusion and surrender in the search for solutions.
5- Involving the Englishman Foden in a wrong position.
6- Insisting on futile possession without effectiveness on the goal.
7- He did not play as a defensive midfielder or a seasoned central attacker.
Register the winners of "Umm Al-Azain"
2020: Bayern Munich.
2019: Liverpool, England.
2018: Real Madrid, Spain.
- 2017: Real Madrid, Spain.
2016: Real Madrid, Spain.
2015: Barcelona, Spain.
2014: Real Madrid, Spain.
2013: Bayern Munich.
2012: Chelsea, England.
Most notable records
13 titles: Real Madrid, Spain.
7 titles: AC Milan, Italy.
6 titles: Bayern Munich.
Liverpool, England.
5 titles: Barcelona, Spain.
4 titles: Ajax Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
18 titles: Spain.
14 titles: England.
12 titles: Italy.
8 titles: Germany.
6 titles: Holland.
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