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3. The midfielder as full-back. A reason why Guardiola’s squads tend to feature relatively few out-and-out full-backs and why he can be picky when buying them is that few seem to meet his demands.
Pep Guardiola has changed the role of the full-back. Former Germany and Bayern Munich defender Philipp Lahm tells BBC Sport why and how it has been done. The evolution of a full-back: Philipp Lahm ...
Guardiola is the only manager to win the continental treble twice and he holds the record for the most consecutive league games won in La Liga, Bundesliga, and the Premier League. [a] He is considered to be one of the greatest managers of all time. [8] [9] [10] Guardiola was a defensive midfielder who usually played in a deep-lying playmaker's role
Manager Pep Guardiola used this formation at times in his time at Manchester City, using one main centre-back and two defensive midfield anchors. [68] It begins as a typical 4–2–3–1 formation, but differs in attack, with the left or right half-back sliding into a defensive midfield position, and a defensive midfielder sliding up to create ...
The Big Six is an informal term used to collectively refer to six football clubs in the Premier League, namely, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur. [1]
In 2021, Pep Guardiola was reflecting on an epic managerial rivalry that then only lasted a mere eight years. “He made me a better manager,” he said of Jurgen Klopp.When he registered his ...
Total Football (Dutch: totaalvoetbal) is a tactical system in association football in which any outfield player can take over the role of any other player in a team. A player who moves out of his position is replaced by another from his team, thus retaining the team's intended organisational structure.
Under Guardiola, the Manchester club has so far won 14 major trophies in eight seasons. City's squad poses with its trophy haul from the 2023 calendar year at the Etihad. - Jan Kruger/Getty Images