Kompany: No Guardiola Path – Burnley Decision Explained

Vincent Kompany can write history with Bayern Munich. The Belgian coach can achieve the best first half of the season with Der Rekordmeister. That record is currently held by Pep Guardiola.

The Spaniard won almost everything there was to win with Bayern and Kompany is a student of Guardiola. Pep’s influences are clearly visible in the former Red Devil’s tactics. Will he follow Guardiola?

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Historic opportunity

However, Kompany does not want to attach too much importance to statistics and records. “I don’t want to compare myself to Pep Guardiola because that’s impossible; you can’t beat that comparison. And maybe I understand that better because I’ve been a player myself and experienced relegations and championships – it’s like a roller coaster.”

He therefore pushes the opportunity to write history to the background. “Through that experience, I know that it ultimately comes down to the players. So it is not about my points, but about the points achieved in the matches. That is why such a historic opportunity is completely irrelevant to me,” Kompany said on Bayern’s website.

Full focus

Kompany focuses entirely on the next opponent: FC Köln. “Everything can be an advantage or a disadvantage, you never know. My biggest confidence is that the boys are always hungry for goals. Of course I always want to keep a clean sheet, but when we arrive at a stadium, I always have the feeling that the boys want to score. Even in difficult away games like tomorrow’s. That’s how we get the points.”

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