Pep guardiola should ignore manchester city and build a true dynasty in munich manchester city has its appeal but if pep guardiola commits to bayern munich longterm he could create a better team. Pep guardiola has been described as everything from the greatest football manager of all time to a cheque book manager who has only ever bought or inherited great teams. Marti perarnau was given total access to bayern munich during season 2014, and this book represents the first time in the modern era that a writer has got. Pep guardiola s first season with fc barcelonas first team was during the 20082009 season. From bayern munich goalkeeper manuel neuer to barcelona forward lionel messi, hitc sevens puts together a combined xi made up of the best players pep guardiola coached at barcelona, bayern munich.
A couple of weeks back i ordered, pep confidential. This fully updated edition of the international best seller includes pep guardiola s bayern years and his decision to join manchester city. The evolution takes the reader on a journey through three action packed seasons as bayern smashed domestic records yet struggled to emulate that dominance in europe, analysing guardiola s management style through key moments on and off the field. Marti perarnau was given total access to bayern munich during sea. Guardiola s preference for a false nine may not help, but robert lewandowskis 48 goals in his first 75 bayern games is proof that if youre willing to adapt, pep will change his tactics for. The inside story of pep guardiola s first season at bayern munich. Pep guardiola has been subject to a damning personal attack from bayern munichs first team doctor, who has described the catalan as a person with low selfesteem who will do. This book represents the first time in the modern era that a writer has got this close to one of the elite teams of world football. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. The video shows a tactical team training session of fc bayern munich in doha 2014. At bayern munich, pep guardiola was in charge of 161 games and averaged 2. Bayern munich broke promise to pep guardiola that toni. Pep guardiola s ability to inspire and motivate his star players has been revealed in a new book about the manchester city managers manmanagement methods.
The video shows the team training session of fc bayern munich on day 2. The book included some interesting statistics on pep s 3year tenure at bayern and elaborated explanations on his tactics, not just overall but drilled down into some of the specific matches as the author had open access to guardiola and his team. Herr guardiola marti perarnau verlag antje kunstmann. What i really wanted from this book, and what balague delivers, was some insight both into the personality of pep guardiola, the most spectacularly successful football manager of the moment, and into the methods of coaching that produced, in the form of the current fc barcelona team, one of the best football sides of all time. The big journalists of spanish football are here guillem balague and graham hunter whilst marti pernrau goes behind the scenes at bayern. Guardiola handed 17yearold gianluca gaudino his first team debut in the super cup and made him part of the first team permanently because of strong preparation during preseason. Having been involved in viewing champions league play while reading the book, pep 2015 bayern munich team obviously couldnt overcome a series of both injuries and not having a messi on its roster. Breitner was speaking to marti perarnau in the latters book, pep confidential. Arena sport during the match, planchart and his team also send images of specific moves to the. The author had unprecedented access to pep guardiola the young manager who took barcelona to the zenith of their powers between 2009 and 2012, which was arguably to the best team ever to play the game during his first season with the almostasformidable bayern munich. The 88 attacking combinations and attacking positional patterns of play included are taken direct from pep guardiola s training sessions at manchester city, bayern munich and fc barcelona.
Guardiola may have cemented his reputation as a cheque book manager in modern football, having enjoyed almost immediate successes with european powerhouses like barcelona, bayern. Pep confidential the inside story of pep guardiola s first season at bayern munich. The complete evolution of pep guardiola from barcelona to. Pep guardiola s first five signings at man city, bayern munich and barcelona rated the spaniard has developed a world class squad at manchester city. It was their first defeat of the campaign and a major surprise, and it made. These 3 pep guardiola books will teach man city fans all they need to know about their new boss. Theres a brilliant talk henry does where he talks about what pep s philosophy is. Pep guardiola positional soccer grid training duration. Pep guardiola download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. E ighteen games into pep guardiola s second season as manager of bayern munich, his side lost 41 at wolfsburg. In a champions league match, bayern defeated roma 71, 103 bayern s biggest away. Pep guardiola has transformed barcelona into arguably the greatest club side of all time, and this entertainingly perceptive biography explains how.
Marti perarnau followed pep guardiolas titlewinning campaign with bayern munich and in two extracts from the subsequent book, pep. At the invitation of pep guardiola, he shadowed the catalan, his staff and his superstar players during training and on matchdays. Pep guardiola is the most successful and sought after football coach in the world. As part of winning six trophies overall in 2009, pep guardiola s side destroyed a very good manchester united team in rome to win the european cup and were absolutely incredible to. This book gives you a rare opportunity to use pep guardiola s practices and learn from one of the best coaches in the history of football. Setting the record straight on pep guardiola youtube. How to train pep guardiola uncheck support duration. Pep guardiola is the new manager of manchester city. Pep guardiola subject to scathing personal attack by. Pep guardiola to bayern munich rumor underlines clubs. From samuel etoo to toni kroos, hitc sevens counts down some of the finest players to have been sold by pep guardiola during his time at barcelona, bayern munich and manchester city. This audiobook represents the first time in the modern era that a writer has got this close to one of the elite teams of world football.
Guardiola s bayern team have been seen changing shape upto seven times in a single game, yet the coach feels that formations are a myth as each player will naturally swap and change positions during the game as to disorganise opponents and double up on the strongest side before popping up with an overlapping fullback on the other wing to. Fc bayern munich team training session day 2 doha 2014. Pep had called messi to his office at 10pm the night before. Fully updated to include pep guardiola s bayern years and his decision to join manchester city. Pep guardiola leaves bayern munich as the best manager in. He is considered to be one of the greatest managers of all time. Guardiola applied an updated tikitaka model from barcelona to that bayern team. As we saw last year with the 4141, the main key to pep guardiola s managerial style at bayern munich is tactical flexibility.
Pep guardiola has said the fact that four members of bayern s medical team walked out on thursday night changes nothing at the club and that. Even at that time it was easy to see his philosophy of football shine through his writing. Thanks to pep confidential, a book by spanish journalist marti perarnau about his first season with bayern munich, answers to that question can be found. Pep guardiolas first five signings at man city, bayern. Pep guardiola is thriving on and off the pitch at bayern munich, merging his and their winning ways and embracing the local barvarian culture. Bayern munich have broken promises they made to pep guardiola when persuading him to join the club, a soontobereleased biography of the spanish coach claims. Without altering personnel this formation can be shifted into a 4231 or a 433, a 352, or even the 3223 as the roles between the three different formation prove to be extremely complementary. Last year they brought on pep guardiola, widely considered to be one of the best futbol managers ever. Finally while the author tries to describe guardiola s tactical plans, he failed to recognize that picturesdiagrams are worth more than words. Perarnau reveals how guardiola improved as a manager at bayern despite failing to. Arena sport during the match, planchart and his team.
Pep guardiola should ignore manchester city and build a. Thats an extraordinarily high bar to set, maybe even an unfairly high bar, but that comes with being pep guardiola, managing at bayern munich and taking over a team that had just won the treble. He gets results with incredibly distinct and unique methods. Fc bayern team training tactical session doha 2014 youtube.