Stamford Bridgee will be the scene this Sunday of an English football classic, the Chelsea-Manchester Citywhich is also the case at the coaching level: Mauricio Pochettino against Pep Guardiola. A bench duel traditionally dominated by Guardiola but there is historical success for Pochettino.
A story, their rivalry as coaches, which began on January 21, 2009, when the Argentine directed the spanish and Catalan, Barcelona. 0-0 in the first leg of the Cup quarterfinals at Montjuïc, where the Blue and Whites played then and now Barcelona fans play, who then reached the semifinals with 3-2 in the second leg at Camp Nou. This is the first season of pep at the head of Barcelona and not only won that Cup, but also achieved the ‘Sextet’.
Throughout their careers as technicians, Guardiola He lost 13 times Pochettinowith 4 victories for Pochettino and 5 ties. But at one time Pochettino a big blow to Guardiola. It was when the current coach of Chelsea taught the Tottenham and Spurs eliminated the ‘citizens’ in the quarterfinals of the 2018-19 Champions League.
He Pochettino’s Tottenham defeated City of Pep on April 9, 2019 by 1-0, goal Son Heung-min on the way And, in a ‘crazy’ match, the Spurs They lost 4-3 at the Etihad, but reached the semi-finals thanks to double away goals. They scored for him City Raheem Sterling now at Chelsea (a double), Bernardo Silva and Kun Agüero. For him Tottenham they did it again Son and Fernando Llorente (with ‘target’ meaning the final 4-3 in the 73rd minute and leaving out ‘citizens’).
The rest is history: the Tottenham eliminated Ajax in the semi-finals (0-1 in the first leg for those from Amsterdam, who had Real Madrid and Juventus of the tournament, 2-3 in the second leg for those Pochettinowhich later lost the final 0-2 against Liverpool).
But Guardiola He also got his revenge in the Champions League, when he left the Pochettino’s PSG endless in 2020-21, with two wins, 1-2 and 2-0, for city in ‘semi’who qualified for their first final of the said tournament, where they lost 0-1 exactly against Chelsea. As players, they appeared 11 times, with 7 wins for Guardiola, 2 for Pochettino and 2 draws. Always playing Catalan in Barcelona and the Argentine to the Spanish, except for one occasion in Spain and Argentina and that day the Abiceleste beat La Roja 0-2.
Source: La Verdad
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