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Language' is the way in which the core idea is expressed on the pitch and is the culmination of a training regime which uses a range of systems, exercises, and moves to reinforce understanding and mastery of the basic concepts.
Real Madrid have wiped the floor with Bayern in the Champions League semi-final, a game which will stay with Guardiola for the rest of his career. The 4-0 home defeat is the worst of his professional life and the biggest trouncing Bayern have ever received in a European competition. I didn't learn almost anything new. All of the interviews from the book have already been in the press, the tactical choices are obvious, everything about Bayern's management is a well known fact.
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Because of his intimate access, Perarnau crafts a true “insider account” of the famed coach and footballing club, granting the writer an authoritative vantage point for not only spelling out the Pep way, but also dispelling some stubborn myths around the Spanish coach. For example, we learn that Pep really, really hates tiki-taka: The obsession that Guardiola and his players have had about their rivals has been clear for all to see, and frankly, it has never seemed very healthy. When Raheem Sterling decided to take on Joe Gomez in a physical altercation while on England duty 24-hours after being beaten at Anfield, it was about as clear a sign as you could ask for that the mentality at City was not a good one following that damaging defeat. Pep is still shut up in his office with Domenec Torrent, Carles Planchart and Manel Estiarte well past midnight. Ostensibly, they are there to review the match together, but in reality his assistants are trying to boost the boss's morale. They can see that tonight Pep is a broken man. In his 2001 autobiography he wrote: “[His former Barça boss Johan] Cruyff used to tell me that if I was fouled, it was my own fault because I’d held onto [the ball] too long; I had to let it go much before.”
Zlatan Ibrahimovic's son is selected for Sweden Under 15s boot camp... as former national team manager plays down comparisons After analysing the five or six games, Planchart prepares a report for Pep, organised according to concepts and the related moves. It will be a visual presentation, which is much easier to understand, and which will offer three examples of each concept in action. If Pep finds this helpful, he’ll then base his own work around the information presented.He doesn't bother asking them to be more accurate in front of goal because that would be pointless, they're not missing deliberately." pg. 167 In the last few days he has asked for up to date stats on the team's finishing, which continues to disappoint. It's not something you can teach in training and in any case, high goal scoring phases are just that: phases." pg. 198
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