Is Guardiola's time... over?

Last season, Man.City were effectively dethroned after a run of four consecutive defeats in the Premier League. They dropped out of the top four after that run and never moved up to third place again. Before that run, they had won seven and drawn two of their first nine games, leading the table in five of those nine.

The story shows that when coach Pep Guardiola's team has lost consecutively, it is very difficult for them to recover. But when they are successful, Guardiola and his team often win like cutting bamboo, winning continuously, as if it is a natural thing. Man.City is not the type of team that is erratic - winning and losing alternately and unexpectedly, like Tottenham or Arsenal.

That is because Mr. Guardiola trains mainly according to philosophy. His way of training makes the team become a machine, once it gets into gear, the opponent cannot resist. And when the machine breaks down, it is very easy to have a series of failures, because he is not a super coach who can adjust tactics right in the match. He is also not the type of coach who is flexible in tactics.

Coach Guardiola is having trouble at Man.City

Photo: Reuters

Current situation: Man.City is a broken machine. Bad news for "Man Xanh" fans as they have to continuously face MU and Arsenal in the next 2 rounds. Good news is that the Premier League is temporarily suspended, giving way to the national teams for 2 weeks. Will Guardiola have enough time to adjust everything, help Man.City recover and return to the race for the top spot?

More than 30 years have passed since a team lost 2 out of 3 matches and still won the Premier League. That was Alex Ferguson's MU, in the very first season of the Premier League era, 1992 - 1993. At that time, MU was unrivaled partly because there was no opponent strong enough to compete (only Arsenal since the late 1990s was significant). Now there are too many strong teams in the Premier League - a tournament with 6 representatives in the Champions League. Man.City will find it difficult to rise after the last 2 consecutive losses (0-2 against Tottenham and 1-2 against Brighton).

Leading Tottenham and Brighton are Thomas Frank and Fabian Hurzeler. They are not yet famous in the top football world. But they have both beaten Guardiola before. And now they win again. Because they have understood the football philosophy as well as the professional characteristics in Guardiola's training? In theory, Pep Guardiola is a good coach - even the best coach in the world . But he is very little and very difficult to change. Who doesn't have... an end?

An extremely exciting transfer season has just ended with record sales in the homeland of football. Liverpool spent nearly half a billion euros to buy new stars. Chelsea, Arsenal, MU, Tottenham, Newcastle also spent a lot of money on shopping. Man.City seems to be at a disadvantage in this story. And even though they have strengthened the good goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, he will never be a goalkeeper suitable for Guardiola's philosophy (must be good at playing football with his feet). The future of "Man Xanh" began to be unclear after only 3 rounds.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/phai-chang-guardiola-het-thoi-185250902190847901.htm