The Champions League that makes Guardiola legendary

He will fall more or less likeable in some sectors because of his glorious past at FC Barcelona, ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​with him outside the sport, due to people who see his way of being a point of overacting but he already has the Champions League with Manchester City in his bag. demanded those who refused to recognize his merits and with him Pep Guardiola he is definitely a soccer legend.

Guardiola is one of the most successful coaches in history. Now He is the only one to win the treble twice (League, Cup and Champions League), and with different teams, after achieving it for the first time at Barça in 2009. In total he has 35 titles obtained in 15 years of career in the banks’ elite.

Pep must have gotten rid of the restraint that followed him. “He has never been a European champion without Messi,” repeated his critics. Perhaps to relieve the pressure, the Santpedor coach always replied that “I didn’t come to win the Champions League, they didn’t ask me.”

Guardiola’s record as a coach

35 titles with Barça, Bayern and City

With FC Barcelona (14)
3 LaLiga (2009, 2010, 2011)
2 King’s Cups (2009, 2012)
3 Spanish Super Cups (2009, 2010, 2011)
2 Champions Leagues (2009, 2011)
2 European Super Cups (2009, 2011)
2 Club World Cups (2009, 2011)

Including Bayern Munich (7)
3 Bundesligas (2014, 2015, 2016)
2 DFB Cup (2014, 2016)
1 European Super Cup (2013)
1 Club World Cup (2013)

Including Manchester City (14)
5 Premier League (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
2 FA Cups (2019, 2023)
4 League Cups (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
2 Community Shields (2018, 2019)
1 Champions League (2023)

Guardiola refused to admit it until the mandatory days before the end of Istanbul to confirm that “Everything we’ve done, which has been very good, will mean many years if we win the Champions League. And if we don’t win it, it’s pointless.”

1,242 million euros later

Now he has ‘Orejona’ in the City, but even so his most stubborn detractors hammer him that “in the sheikh’s millions like that”. Is it true? from the United Arab Emirates, its owners invested 1,242 million euros in signings (572 have also come in transfers) since Guardiola arrived at the Etihad Stadium in 2016, but money in football is not everything.

And if not, ask the Qatari owners of PSG. They bought it in 2011 and their ambitious project to dominate Europe has continued to fail year after year.

Cruyff’s legacy

Guardiola took seven years to lift City to the Champions League and it achieved this thanks to the abundant money coming from Abu Dhabi that allowed it to integrate Erling Haalanda consummate differential scorer.

But the ‘sky blues’ really made history today in Istanbul thanks to with Pep’s personal stampin that philosophy of football, in that commitment to the game of possession and quick circulation of the ball that he learned from his idol Johan Cruyff in his phase as a Barça player and he didn’t let up even in the worst moments.

Ambition, passion and obsession to innovate

Everyone knows how City plays, an unmistakable style that would not be synonymous with success without the ambition and passion with which Guardiola lives football and his leadership skills, which he passes on to his children. students and keeps them permanently engaged. This is the only way to explain won five of the last six editions of the Premier League, the most demanding and competitive championship in the world.

At 52 years old, Pep maintains his obsession with permanently introducing nuances and tactical variants so that City is unpredictable for its rivals. Play with three center backs and advance John Stones in a double pivot with Rodri This has been one of the keys to this season. The result of so much work and dedication is this Champions League for the pride of Guardiola and guardiolismo.