Topic: UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season - page 69. (Read 92662 times)

I don't know if Pep Guardiola is lucky because he coaches a team that has great players or if Pep Guardiola himself is a talented coach.

But I think Pep Guardiola tends to have both. i.e. he is talented as well as lucky. Pep Guardiola also did not immediately start from a big club. Early in his career he started from club Barcelona B. and maybe because he was talented, in less than a year he was immediately made the coach of the Barcelona core team.

And Pep Has the award as the best coach in FIFA. and I think FIFA is also not arbitrary in selecting the best coach candidates. and Pep deserved it. Barcelona even has many trophies in one season simultaneously while coached by Pep. In essence, he is able to make a team win trophies in several competitions at the same time in the same season. and I think it's not easy.

but it would be very interesting if Pep was tested to coach a small club or a club that is not so great. I'm also curious.

Currently, Pep Guardiola is 52 years old and his contract with Manchester City is going to end after two years 2025 which mean he could be 54 and his ten years will be left for having as coach for me most chances he will never go for any lower rank club because in last 15 years he coach Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City with most chances his contact will be extended which will allow him for more trophies here and then leave for better chance who know at PSG or any higher rank club which give him same luxury which he uses for at Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City which makes him one of the best coach in soccer.

Here we can't compare coaches but still things are looking interesting for him with his amazing history as coach, and he holds record of six trophies in one season with Barcelona can repeat here at Manchester City is surely going to happen even this all is too early, but things like these can happen because he is skilled and good coach of current era.

Pep Guardiola's huge success at FC Barcelona made him to one of the most wanted coaches on the planet and even his 3 years at Bayern Munich were very successful in my opinion because the team played great. At Bayern he was very unlucky in the Champions League because they went out 2 times against Atletico Madrid even though they were the better team in both cases.
A Champions League win with Manchester City is not that big of an accomplishment though i think. I mean ManCity is just one of those toy clubs that is owned by a sheikh for fun and so far he has already invested more than 1,8 Billion € into the club which is a crazy high number.
I dislike clubs like that, but there is no doubt that ManCity is the best club at the moment.

Manchester city is one of the team that has been able to maintain good and standard performance.  Manchester City performance was so good last season in the Champions league just that they were not lucky to win it, even at that they still didn't give up in their dreams to win the Champions league,  this another opportunity Pep Guardiola won't lose. I'm very sure Manchester city has the best strategy to get this victory from Inter Milan. I don't think it will be tough for Manchester city in the finals against inter.

If you look at it from that point of view, then yes, of course, Inter have every chance of winning, but I look at the state of the team as well as their strength, on these indicators for me MS is much stronger. But we'll see what happens. It's a pity the finals are still some time away.

By comparison, before City started all this run, they had no titles ever before, after this run they are the team with second most premier league titles, imagine how good you have to become in order to change it from worst to second best. I think they are going to fight for the top spot there too, the team with the most titles.

Obviously it will take some time but I bet that they will get there, it is just matter of time and looking at how good their younger players are as well, they could replace old ones one by one and they will be able to get a lot better in the end and still keep on getting the title. Pep is definitely doing a wonderful job but lets see how long he will do that, will he go for another 10 titles? His age is alright for that, he can certainly manage at least another 10 years, but will he do that at City? We do not know.

C'mon mates, it would be quite unfair to say that coaching Manchester city isn't already a challenge to himself, I mean they are other clubs which might even have players that more standard than that of this Manchester city squad but have fail to do what this man has done with this Manchester city team. With the way Manchester city plays the ball to scoring of many goals, I.mean everything is just pure class and it wouldn't be fair in saying that he is always lucky when its comes to managing of clubs.

That's why Pep Guardiola is always in demand by big clubs. because he has a vision and mission to build a strong team to be stronger. apart from that Pep is a coach who is rich in tactics, he has what other coaches don't have. So, if you say Pep is just lucky, you are wrong. because, if you understand a little bit about the system, the tactics and what he showed City. you will find out how smart and brilliant a Pep Guardiola is.

Unfortunately, with City he has not been able to win the Champions League trophy. however, this season, Pep Guardiola has the opportunity to return to bring his team to win a trophy that has always been the target of Manchester City and at the same time has the potential to win a treble winner. if, Pep Guardiola is able to make it happen, he will make history for himself as a coach who has won a treble winner with two different clubs.
IMO, I will say, that Pep is much better than Jose Mourinho and also Ancelotti.

Even though Pep Guardiola has good experience, the reality is that Pep Guardiola can still fail despite coaching big teams. You can also consider how long it will take for Pep Guardiola to build Manchester City stronger and better in the Premier League and also in the Champions League. In fact, Pep Guardiola also still failed on several occasions but amazingly, Pep Guardiola was able to recover the team quickly.

If you compare him with Ancelotti and Mourinho, in fact, the two coaches also initially always coached big teams with good finances. But as time goes by, when they fail they can't quickly recover the team. It was a different case with Pep Guardiola who has better skills in building and restoring teams, so that Pep Guardiola can survive in coaching big teams.

So in this case, I don't agree with what you said about Pep Guardiola just being a lucky coach. Because after all, if Pep Guardiola doesn't have good abilities, of course Pep Guardiola won't be able to train big teams with good finances so far.

It is quite reasonable if the worst scenario for Manchester City is that Inter manages to hold the draw to a penalty shootout, so that the team that was so favored before can experience a mental decline in this very draining match. Regarding the previous match between Manchester City and Real Madrid, it is certain that Real Madrid will be confused about the possession game and the high pressing that is often used by Pep Guardiola. But Inter are famous for their strong defense and I think it can be an advantage for Inter to put pressure on Manchester City again.

That is part of Inter Milan's strengths, which have an increasingly solid defense in the previous few matches and Inter Milan has a gap to hold Man City until the game is over and penalties are a good scenario for Inter Milan in the final later. But so far the composition of Man City's players is so complete on all fronts, we can see how the Real Madrid players keep their movements and don't let Haaland score goals and Man City always has other options as a substitute for Haaland in scoring goals

I'm not trying to underestimate Inter Milan's strength because after all they still have hope of coming out as champions, but talking about other strengths and counts Man City is far superior. Unless Inter Milan can implement a good defensive strategy and not let Man City score goals, then they can try their luck through a penalty shootout scenario.

I know what you mean and you have a point, the Barcelona which was coached by Guardiola was one of the best teams that we have ever seen in the entire history of soccer, and while Guardiola had something to do with it, was it so difficult to coach a bunch of players which won the world cup and a Messi which was on his prime? I do not think so, however it is unlikely we will ever see Guardiola coaching one of those teams unless he tries to do this as a way to challenge himself.

Pep Guardiola is already one of the legendary coaches in UEFA history with his amazing record as he won 6 trophies in one season with Barcelona, and now they are going to complete double if they won against Inter in Champions League and if they won against Manchester United in The FA Cup then surely this could be treble and then many more chances against for them in coming months because before next season we will have Community Shield and UEFA Super Cup mean now we can talk about can he repeat his record again or just having few trophies with Manchester City can be done for him.

If we are able to check his history, he already achieved many milestones as coach and still capable of doing many things in near future here or with any new club because energy and skills are both favoring his bright future like his amazing past.

You know, I was just thinking about the way people sing Guardiola's praises. I mean, sure, he's a whiz when it comes to strategies and game reading - but that doesn't mean he's the only one in this game with smarts! Let's consider Mourinho and Ancelotti for a moment. They've helmed more teams than Guardiola and not all of them were top-of-the-line clubs. They've got battle scars, man! They’ve played the game in the mud and the dirt and the grime! Has Pep ever done that?

Of course, I'm not saying Guardiola isn't talented. But hey, maybe he's just lucky. Like the guy who always lands on a pile of hay when he falls off a building. Wouldn’t you want to see him try to perform his magic with a less star-studded team?

Considering the game between Manchester City and Inter Milan, you need to just check the road they had to the final match



Manchester City had to beat many stronger teams like Bayern Munich and Real Madrid and they had a much harder way to the final match than Inter Milan because Inter Milan just played against Benfica and Ac Milan in the last two games and compared to Manchester City they were lucky.
I think Manchester City is in much better form to beat Inter Milan.

I do agree with you. I never seen him coaching the small clubs. He has been getting good result when pep was still on the barcelona but it will be so good to see him coaching the weak clubs without good financial.
As far as i know that if pep has always been coaching some big clubs in europa like bayern, barcelona and this time manchester city. It's not the same like mourinho which was always coaching big or small clubs.
We may be able to see pep to be a coach for a small club when his age becomes even older than this time.

It will be a huge challenge for pep. Im willing to see him managing the club in bad condition. The luckiest coach this century.

Of course I know that Manchester City's performance and their hard work to reach the final this season are much better and harder than Inter. I agree that Manchester City are the favorites to win the title, but considering this is football, experience and Inter's chances and confidence to win titles cannot be ignored either.

Inter are not the favourites, their form has been unstable but it is still very reasonable to think that Inter also have chance in the final. Manchester City cannot take Inter lightly for any reason even though Inter's players today are no longer the same as when they won titles in the past.

You should know that I had absolutely no idea that Manchester City would miss another final this season. This means that I agree and believe that they are the strongest team that deserves to win the title, but on the other hand Inter also have the same chance even though the probability they have is very low.

I don't doubt Manchester City, but I'm just a little curious about how Pep Guardiola will change his strategy if Inter are too busy defending from the first half instead of play offensive. Pep's strategy so far hasn't been very effective against teams with strong defences, so this is something I'm worried about.

Of course, Manchester City will have to do something similar to when they beat Real Madrid in the second leg of the semi-final. If Manchester City concede first, then I believe Pep and the Manchester City players will have a very hard time finding goals.

After leaving Barcelona, Pep Guardiola has not been able to present the champion league title for the team he has handled, such as Bayern Munich, but after several attempts and finally with Manchester City, he now has another chance to be able to give the champion league title to the citizen. Maybe many people have predicted long ago that Manchester City will advance to the Champions League final if they beat Real Madrid and now might be the last chance for him to be able to lift this trophy if he beats Inter.

In my opinion, next season Manchester City may not be able to reach the finals as it is now because of course all the teams will be competing again for two places in the finals and this is an opportunity for Pep Guardiola to present Manchester City's first Champions League title.

It's not uncommon for Man City to beat Real Madrid with a big score, it's a big achievement they have faced this season, of course the final will be very much awaited by fans of all of them.

I know how many people praise Man City in the final because they have high creativity in the game they have, but Inter is a tough opponent in my opinion after winning the Coppa Italia they will also be more enthusiastic than Man United, it's not a matter of home or away, Whoever later will become history in Turkey will be the fight.

I think Man City won't be easy to win with a lot of scores Inter there is motivation for that in the champions league final their vigilance in defense is very important.

If it's just to get to the Champions League final, actually it won't make Pep Guardiola so proud. But the thing that will make Pep Guardiola very proud of Manchester City this season is if Manchester City are able to win a trophy in the Champions League and also two trophies in the Premier League where one of them has been obtained and there is only one more that Manchester City will really try to do this season. Namely the FA Cup trophy so that this will really make Pep Guardiola proud because he was able to win three trophies at once this season.