Thursday, January 24, 2013

WILL PEP GUARDIOLA BE GOOD FOR BAYERN? 

I think that Pep Guardiola is a perfect for Bayern Munich as Guardiola is the man who embodies FC Barcelona firstly. He turned FC Barcelona into one of the greatest clubs in the history of the game. Pep, as ironic as this might sound, brought Barca level with Bayern in European terms. Prior to his stint as manager, the Catalans had won two European Cups. He added two more to their closet to bring them up to a total of four—the same as that of Bayern







However, Bayern has incredibly lost five European Cup finals. The main purpose of bringing in Pep is to perhaps get them to cross the finish line—something which failed them in the 2010 and 2012 Champions League finals, especially in 2012.
 
Obviously Bayern Munich is not Barcelona but the similarities of course exist. They both have a great youth system. They both possess the kind of players who can pass the ball for hours and drain the opponent of energy. However, Bayern possesses a physical presence which Barca does not.Bayern’s players are bigger and taller than the Barca boys if this statement is to be translated into simple English. 

Bayern presses incessantly. Barca does that too, but Bayern does it a bit differently. Also, Bayern is perhaps a bit more direct than Barcelona. The likes of Thomas Müllercame through the system by playing directly; that cannot simply be changed. Guardiolawill have to adapt his coaching to the kind of style Bayern employs. While their style is not exactly the same as that of Barca, they are just brilliant to watch on any day. 

Guardiola experimented with different strikers but ended up playing with a "false nine" at Barcelona at the end. At Bayern, he will have the perfect strikers at his disposal in Mario Gomez and Mario Mandzukic. Nils Petersen will add to that if he returns from loan as will Claudio Pizarro if he extends his contract with Bayern.

Guardiola is surely aware of the fact that he is stepping into the coach’s role, not the manager’s. He played the same role at Barca but perhaps had more influence than he will have at Bayern. The difference between a coach and a manager is that a manager has part of the sporting director’s responsibilities on his shoulders too, unlike a coach.

Even though all these similarites and differences are there he will be good for the team as the team already passes well and that is the style he seems to prefer. So that is why Pep Guardiola will do good in Bayern Munich







No comments:

Post a Comment