Ay: Şubat 2014

How Manchester City embraced the Barcelona blueprint

There is a glint in Joan Laporta’s eye as he recalls the conversation that he had with Pep Guardiola in the spring of 2008. The decision had already been made that Franck Rijkaard wouldn’t continue beyond the end of the season and Barcelona’s then president called in the B-team coach to tell him that the board thought that he, a 38-year-old with no first-team experience, was the ideal man to take over.

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UEFA.com

Europe’s football website, uefa.com, is the official site of UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations, and the governing body of football in Europe. UEFA organises some of the most famous and prestigious football competitions on the European continent including the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup and the UEFA European Football Championship (UEFA EURO 2008, UEFA EURO 2012, etc).

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UEFA Champions League – Video

Europe’s football website, uefa.com, is the official site of UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations, and the governing body of football in Europe. UEFA organises some of the most famous and prestigious football competitions on the European continent including the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup and the UEFA European Football Championship (UEFA EURO 2008, UEFA EURO 2012, etc).

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Bayern Munich: five things Pep Guardiola has done to improve them

1 He keeps his opponents guessing Under Louis van Gaal, the godfather of Bayern’s possession game and Jupp Heynckes, his more pragmatic and tactically refined successor, it was easy to predict Bayern’s lineups. They always formed-up in a 4-2-3-1, changes were always injury-enforced, and both coaches would simply try to find replacements that would most closely resemble the properties of the missing regulars.

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