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‘Barcelona won the Champions League because of Messi, not Guardiola’

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Former Bayern Munich coach Felix Magath criticized Pep Guardiola’s tactics. According to him, Barcelona won the Champions League first because of the brilliance of Lionel Messi.

Barcelona achieved great success under Guardiola’s training in 2008-2012. He brought Blaugrana won 14 trophies, including two Champions League titles.

In his first season in 2008/2009, Guardiola led Barcelona to the treble by winning LaLiga, Copa del Rey and the Champions League. They conquered Europe again by winning the Champions League two years later after beating Manchester United in the final.

However, since leaving Barcelona, ​​Guardiola has not been able to win a trophy in European competition. With Bayern Munich, he won three Bundesliga titles, but always failed in the Champions League. Bayern stopped three times in a row in the semifinals.

Quarter three money, Guardiola was also successful at the domestic level but struggled in Europe with Manchester City. The Citizens are still stuck in the Champions League quarter-finals during his training.

Felix Magath believes that Pep Guardiola’s success at Barcelona cannot be separated from the role of Lionel Messi. Magath considered Guardiola’s tactics of relying on ball possession to be effective because of Messi.

“Messi is the winner, not Guardiola. Without Messi, this system has never worked for Guardiola. If successful, he would have won the Champions League with Bayern or Manchester City for a long time,” said Magath. Sports picture as reported AS.

“Tiki-taka only works when you have players who are technically superior to opponents. For the crowd, holding the ball, I call it that, it’s boring and the top teams don’t really need it.”

“In my opinion, Guardiola too often loses direction when trying to win games at the start. That tactic often ends up in the wrong decisions, which hinders success,” he said.

(nds/adp)


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