The team comprises global stars like lionel messi, xavi and iniesta and continues to compete at a level its rivals cannot match. Pep guardiola has been described as everything from the greatest football manager of all time to a chequebook manager who has only ever bought or inherited. Pep guardiola has transformed barcelona into arguably the greatest club side of all time, and this entertainingly perceptive biography explains how. Josep pep guardiola sala is a spanish professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of premier league club manchester city. Aug 17, 2016 with guardiola settling in the man city. The author makes the reader feel as if you are downloading peps brain.
Balagues biography on guardiola left me wondering if there really was another way of winning. As the author shadows the manager and his superstar players during training and. New guardiola book set to hit the shelves marca in english. Barcelona release new signing sergi guardiola due to. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 352 pages and is available in kindle edition format. The 88 attacking combinations and attacking positional patterns of play included are taken direct from pep guardiolas training sessions at manchester city, bayern munich and fc barcelona. The greatness of pep guardiola, in a blade of grass less than two years after he took charge, pep guardiola has remade manchester city in his image. May 17, 2009 barcelonas pep guardiola chases unprecedented treble league champions with three games to spare, cup winners, a side boasting europes most prolific attack and just 90 minutes away from. The defending premier league champions have been in action against manchester united this afternoon, but trailing 10 thanks to anthony martials firsthalf goal has been the least of their problems.
Download pep guardiola the evolution in pdf and epub formats for free. The inside story of pep guardiolas first season at bayern munich. Guardiola, no relation to pep, was unveiled as a new signing for barcelona b in the afternoon but by the evening his contract had been. Aug 14, 2016 pep guardiola s man city reveal his crazy insideout football philosophy stuart brennans verdict new man city boss tears up english tradition as his blue revolution gets under way with a narrow. Guillem balague is the author of messi, barca, pep guardiola, a season on the brink, and cristiano ronaldo, which won the best football book of the year award at the 2016 british sports book awards. Pep guardiola took over from manuel pellegrini as man city manager ahead of the 201617 campaign. Pep guardiola quits barcelona to recharge his batteries. About the author uillem balague regularly appears on sky sports tv as its pundit on spanish football. A key fixture of sky sports coverage of spanish football for many years, he now broadcasts on bbc radio 5 live and for laliga tv from. Guillem balague has followed peps career from the outset and has had direct access to the man and his inner circle. We have a great service to help you contact pep guardiola s agents about specific business enquiries request more details by emailing. How do i book pep guardiola s a number of people are interested in contacting pep guardiola s management team for potential commercial opportunities and businesstobusiness engagements.
After the fa cup final, during pep guardiola s postmatch presser with the media, the spanish boss faced a. Guardiola, no relation to pep, was unveiled as a new signing for barcelona b in the afternoon but by the evening his contract had been terminated, despite his protestations that he was not personally responsible for the offensive tweets. The reader is left feeling that they have a deeper understanding of how pep relates to people and how that was the catalyst behind certain events. Pep guardiola attacking tactics book soccer coaching. Manchester city manager pep guardiola, barcelona and johan cruyff have a rich, intertwined history. He had already made his name as one of the best managers in the game after guiding barcelona to. Visionary pep guardiola still has something new to say.
Barcelonas pep guardiola chases unprecedented treble telegraph. The evolution takes the reader on a journey through three action packed seasons as bayern smashed domestic records yet struggled to emulate that dominance in europe, analysing guardiolas management style through key moments on and off the field. This book tells how pep guardiola did it, playing the beautiful game and winning. Barcelona release new signing sergi guardiola due to offensive. Ahead of the city v barca ucl game, discover how the city managers football philosophy was formed and fired in our long read by club journalist rob pollard. Pursuant to current law and to afford security and trust to all our users, please be informed that, by virtue of law 342002 on the information society and ecommerce services, this webpage is the property of sergi pons photography s. What i really wanted from this book, and what balague delivers, was some insight both into the personality of pep guardiola, the most spectacularly successful football manager of the moment, and into the methods of coaching that produced, in the form of the current fc barcelona team, one of the best football sides of all time. Guardiola reacted to a question on possible offbook. Pep guardiola reasserts his version of postcruyffianism it took a while but the manchester city manager has conquered england with a football that is not merely beautiful. Gerard pique, sergio busquets and lionel messi were a few of the multiple. Pep guardiola s reign in spain was coming to an end, according to all the signs.
This fully updated edition of the international bestseller includes manchester citys incredible 201718 league triumph pep guardiola is the most successful and soughtafter football coach in the world. The evolution takes the reader on a journey through three action packed seasons as bayern smashed domestic records yet struggled to emulate that dominance in europe, analysing guardiola s management style through key moments on and off the field. I would have expected a bit more comments on the subject itself. He is the author of a season on the brink, an account of liverpools sensational champions league 20042005 season. His attention to detail and his tactics is captivating. The aim of the book is to use the innovative attacking tactics of pep guardiola to create chances and score goals, with variations depending on the opposition players positioning and reactions within their formation 442, 4231, 433 and teams with a back 5. He spent the majority of his career with barcelona, forming a part of johan. Pep started his playing career in barcelona youth academy at the age of. Pep would take a black book with him to training every day to write down pointers from the man who had held posts at salamanca, oviedo, tenerife and zaragoza. In the followup to his critically acclaimed account of guardiola s first full season at bayern, pep confidential, perarnau now lifts the lid on the catalans whole tenure in bavaria. Manchester city are tearing up the rule book and breaking records weekly in. Pep guardiola download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi.
This book gives you a rare opportunity to use pep guardiolas practices and learn from one of the best coaches in the history of football. Sep 04, 2014 pep confidential is a landmark book of its genre which chronicles guardiolas first season at bayern munich. Pep guardiola the evolution book also available for read online, mobi, docx and mobile and kindle reading. Setting the record straight on pep guardiola youtube. Pep guardiola is the new manager of manchester city. Be as critical as you like pep guardiola to marti perarnau, summer 20 marti perarnau was given total access to bayern munich during season 2014. The greatness of pep guardiola, in a blade of grass the. The first edition of the novel was published in november 15th 2012, and was written by guillem balague. Another way of winning 9781409129462 by balague, guillem and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. The secret is to overload one side of the pitch so the opponent must tilt its own defence to cope, guardiola says in pep confidential. Manchester city and pep guardiola might have been delivered another injury scare ahead of wednesday nights premier league clash against arsenal. After being appointed firstteam manager in 2008, he transformed barcelona into arguably the greatest club side of all time, winning thirteen trophies in four years, and he won the double. These 3 pep guardiola books will teach man city fans all they need to know about their new boss.
Pep guardiola is influenced by many games and sports, including chess, and uses them to help formulate new strategies and tactics, according to a new book on the manchester city coach. Nov 15, 2012 pep guardiola is an amazing coach whose claim to fame came at barcelona. Pep guardiolas man city reveal his crazy insideout football. C he wis previously manager o fc barcelona an fc bayern munich. The main characters of this biography, sports and games story. Aug 16, 2016 hes widely regarded as the most innovative coach in europe, and after one of footballs longest courtships pep guardiola will finally lead manchester city this season. Playing as a defender, guardiola was noticed by the head coach of the first team johan cruyff and introduced into the senior squad at the age of 20. Manchester city is pep guardiolas most guardiola team wsj. The book barely gives any insights into guardiolas mind perhaps as a testament to the spaniards reluctance to open up to the press. This then is the definitive portrait of pep guardiola and his relentless pursuit of footballing perfection. The biggest mistake of my life how guardiola got it all wrong in 4. Sep 07, 2016 in an extract from a new book, guardiola reveals the backing he got from iniesta during a tough start at barcelona and describes the midfielder as a master of space and time. The evolution, by marti perarnau also guide is not alreadied existing yet on the market, you to.
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