Guardiola: “Will I coach Juventus? In Italy the food is very good”

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Joseph Guardiolacoach of City of Manchesterdressed as a speaker this Monday Cuneo (northern Italy) before 3,500 secondary school students and in a relaxed conversation he reflected on the importance of defeat and the value of victory, in his unlikely arrival at Juventus and about Italian football talent.

Guardiola traveled to the city of the region of Piedmont speak in the sports hall of Cuneo in the event called ‘How to use talent and teamwork to better face and overcome life’s challenges’.

“People say you learn more from losing, but from winning you live more. Above all, balance is important. You have to stay calm when you win and don’t think that everything is a disaster when you lose,” he declared. he. the current champion of Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup.

“Look Allegri (Juventus coach) and From Zerbi (Coach Brighton): Do you think one wants to win and the other doesn’t? From Zerbi He doesn’t play for aesthetics, he plays to win. Everyone thinks their method is the best to win, it’s that simple. Everyone wants to win. I’ve never met a coach or a player who doesn’t want to win, or someone who doesn’t want to play well,” he gave as an example.

“Now we (City of Manchester) seen as phenomena, but if Lukaku (at that time with him Inter) would have scored from two meters maybe things would have been different, so even after a loss you have to stay calm and go back to work,” he reflected. Guardiola in relation to the finals of the Champions League where they defeated Inter with a goal from the Spanish Rodri.

The coach urged thousands of young people not to sit quietly waiting for things to happen and advised them to pursue what they want from this moment in their lives.

“You don’t get strong by staying in bed or on Instagram. If you want to be a photographer you have to take a thousand photos. Now the problem is that we think about what others say and not about ourselves,” he said.

“All the players today think they played very well. They read some criticisms and go home sad. And vice versa. Young people have to think about their opinion, which is what really matters. Talent is developed through practice and making mistakes. ¿ ” Do you like to play soccer? Play a lot. If you stay at home or on social media you will not succeed, it will be more difficult,” he said.

“It takes talent to do something special, but it’s clearly not enough if there isn’t time and time of sacrifice behind it, which is not a sacrifice when you want something,” he added.

The one from Sanpedor also commented on how football has changed and its evolution into a more physical sport and praised the figure of the Argentine. Julian Alvarez.

“He’s an exceptional player. He city “He made a top-level signing when nobody knew him yet,” he highlighted about his world champion striker.

“Today we eat and train better, but I believe that tactics serve to help players perform better, it should not be separated from technique. Tactics are a way to make it clear that we all going in the same direction, it’s not an aesthetic thing, it’s in the service of the players,” he explained.

Juve’s interest

Guardiola He denied that Juventus wanted to sign him and dodged the question of whether he wanted to coach at the ‘Vecchia Signora’ in the future.

“Juve didn’t look for me,” he revealed. “Would I train her? In Italy the food is delicious. I like it a lot and I often come on vacation,” he concluded amicably.

The former player of Italian teams such as Rome either Brescia He also admitted that although he still doesn’t feel “tired” of training, he will be honest when he “loses the passion”: “sooner or later that moment will come because in life there are stages where you have to say that’s enough. that’s enough.”

Furthermore, the former technician of Barcelona the Italians assured about the concern living in Italy due to the lack of young talents, shown in the many nationalizations made by the former Italian coach today. Roberto Mancini.

“There is talent everywhere, I don’t think there isn’t in Italy. I don’t follow Italian football much because I don’t have much time but I’m sure it’s there,” he said.

Source: La Verdad

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