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Pep Guardiola is experiencing the next debacle in the Champions. With Manchester City he is eliminated against Olympique Lyon. The international media rarely agree on who is to blame: Coach Guardiola.
Dhat Pep Guardiola had certainly imagined differently. Instead of challenging his ex-club FC Bayern to a gigantic duel in the semifinals, the Spanish starter coach with Manchester City fell out of the quarterfinals against the brave outsider Olympique Lyon. After the 1: 3 (0: 1), the Spaniard is the main culprit. The international media say that he gave away the game with his tactics. Now he is at the turning point of his career. The press reviews:
Great Britain
Telegraph: “On the ground and outside. When will City finally learn? Pep Guardiola’s tactics failed against Lyon. “
Guardian: “Lyon shattered Manchester City’s Champions League dream. Guardiola has to take on some of the responsibility. He surprised with his 3-4-2-1 starting lineup, it didn’t work. “
BBC Sport: “Guardiola spoke of a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ opportunity, but wasted it because the Catalan was overwhelmed by his caution, consumed by conservatism, which cost him and his team dearly.”
Express: “Pep with a broken heart. The Champions League dreams of Manchester City were ruined for another year by an agonizing defeat against Lyon. “
Independent: “Pep Guardiola is suffering from what is probably his worst and most embarrassing loss in the Champions League. Guardiola would be better off admitting his own mistakes. “
Daily Mail: “Pep’s torment. Raheem Sterling made the season miss when Manchester City was eliminated from the Champions League after a horror show in Lisbon. Pep Guardiola watched in disbelief when Sterling missed the chance to make it 2-2 from a very short distance. “
Daily Star: “Guardiola is known for relying on a tactical trick in crucial Champions League games. Against Lyon, he bet on an unorthodox 3-1-4-2 system. But the experiment failed. ManCity didn’t play as usual and couldn’t control the game as it usually does. That led to the downfall of the Citizens. “
Telegraph: “Once again Pep Guardiola worked on his system in the Champions League, and once again he paid a high price for it. For the fourth year in a row Manchester City did not make it to the quarter-finals and the Catalan has to put up with further allegations for overdoing his tactical thinking. “
Guardian: “How often, Pep, how often? The fact that Pep Guardiola overcomplicated knockout games has become such a truism that it seems impossible for a coach with such clear thinking to follow this pattern. He’s still trying to find ways to fit his own fears, his manic intellectualism into the fine details of elitist knockout football. “
France
France Football: “It’s incredible. The number one loser in this match is undoubtedly Pep Guardiola. He’s losing a lot of credit because he changed his system, because he was so cautious, because it took too long to react, because he failed again in his quest for a Champions League crown. Guardiola, beaten by Liverpool in the championship and humiliated by Lyon, appears to be at a turning point in his coaching career. “
The Parisian: “Lyon continues the great exploits. In the semi-finals of the Champions League, two French clubs meet two German clubs. This has never happened before.”
The world: “Lyon take advantage of Pep Guardiola’s unfortunate decision.”
Spain
Sports world: “Another Guardiola failure against the Franco-German front. Since Guardiola took over FC Bayern, he has missed the Champions League final for seven consecutive seasons. “
Brand: “The next blow for Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City. 800 million in order not to make it through the quarter-finals again. “
AS: “Another monumental failure in Europe. Guardiola, like Barcelona, sails calmly in the waters of the national leagues. When the stormy waters of the Champions League arrive, the Catalan’s nightmare begins. “
Sport: “Lyon stabbed Pep Guardiola and Manchester City. The talent of Guardiola’s men was drowned out by the discipline and efficiency of the Gauls in front of the gate. “
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