In the great success of Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City against Bayern Thomas Tuchel 3-0 in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Champions League, a victory that puts the ‘citizens’ close to the semifinals, the statistics of the game played at the Etihad Stadium shows a paradox.
So, the Bayern left with a heavy defeat after this first round tie, but the truth is that the group of Tuchel clearly won the ownership of Guardiola: 54 percent for those from Munich and 46 percent for those from Manchester.
Due to the style of play of the teams in former coach of Barcelona and Bayernfor many it is an irony that non-ownership allowed the ‘citizens’ to beat the group now led by Tuchel. Rodri (27′, a great goal), Bernardo Silva (70′) and Erling Haaland (76′) scored the goals that gave victory to city, who dreams of winning the Champions League for the first time.
Guardiola He never hid his obsession with possession, a game philosophy he implemented in all the teams he coached, including City of Manchester as a final example. In 2022, a video of a training session where he explained to his players why he wanted the ball to always be in his team went viral.
Source: La Verdad
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