It seems that Manchester City may still be the league champion this season, so Guardiola is basically in which league, may be in which league suspense is very little, but Guardiola looks like many people are questionable, many people think that Guardiola can only find a full level, after all, the teams that go are not short of funds, this is not right, Guardiola feels the strongest place, is his own system, after the establishment of this system, basically do not rely entirely on superstars can have good results? But in fact, Guardiola's transformation of the back is indeed a success?
During the Barca period, Buttsk became the core of the midfield, of course, now it seems that Buttsk also played, but at that time, Butsk was not fast, why was it successfully transformed?
Or the problem of the tactical system, Butzks's advantage is the ability to control the ball and some important positions of the defensive ability, the ability to predict the defense is very strong, the foot passing technology has been good, at that time Barca because of Iniesta and Xavi, Butzks is actually responsible for some defensive and offensive organization, but the real offensive organization is still dependent on Iniesta these players. However, his defensive predictions were good, reducing a lot of pressure on the team's backline. But the speed is not fast, in fact, Guardiola's recent use of the back looks the same? Neither can be said to be fast. But it must be all-powerful, and it must have good defensive prediction ability.
Now but Butts although the speed decline is more obvious, but now there is still a good ability to predict, is still barca's most stable midfield core, but before Guardiola let Butsks become the core, or because of Xavi and Iniesta, plus Messi, these players are really too good skill, basically do not lose the ball, the midfield defensive pressure will be very little, and really a single back, this is his system style.
The second is Thiago, who came to Bayern to make a successful transformation
Thiago is another midfielder who seems to have been successfully transformed, who was only an average player at Barca before, and succeeded at Bayern, and the midfield transformation at Bayern Guardiola is a single midfielder? And this was questioned by many people before, but in the end it seemed to be a success. It is also to use a midfielder with good ball skills as the core, to help the team attack and defend, and that's it. If I remember correctly, Ram playing midfield is his train of thought, right? In fact, this is different from Butsk, which is the use of a midfielder who is not tall enough as the core, but this core speed can be, there is also technology, basically do not drop the ball, so it seems less easy to make mistakes.
But at that time, Bayern actually had a strong backline, Boateng at its peak, there should also be Hummels at the peak, Ram should also be in the team, and full-backs like Rafinha, the team's flanks and Robery's two speed points, so at this time the Bayern back line has strength, and there is a Schweinsteiger in the midfield, right? It is also a player with a good defense, so that Thiago has become the core, so it is still a problem of the system, at that time Bayern really played pass control, the players who have high requirements for the ability to pass the ball, the players with poor passing ability, basically have been abandoned, but there is also a problem, the team is not tough enough at key moments. So after Bayern didn't succeed in the Champions League, the late coaches paired Thiago with defensive players, and the team won the Champions League.
At Manchester City, it was Rodri who made the transformation successful
To be precise, Fernandinho should not be counted as a player bought by Guardiola, a player bought by the previous coach, but he performed well under Guardiola's hands, the defense can be a center-back, the attack can be the front waist, this is really very powerful, of course, such a player is a talented player, not so easy to find. Rodri should have bought guardiola himself, and it was a successful transformation, he actually has the characteristics of Butskes, but it is also a little different. Rodri's skills are good, the defense is basically based on technology, and the running position is also good, the speed is indeed not fast, but it feels that the defensive area is very large, but this is not the focus, the focus is on the collocation of the people around him.
Guardiola turned Silva into an all-round midfielder, he constantly used his running speed to complete the defense, but also a player in the horizontal defense, so Rodri actually has a general horizontal defensive ability, the speed is average, there is a player to help the defense, that is Silva, this is the interesting place, an offensive midfielder, become an all-round midfielder. And Manchester City is also playing pass control, the ball is basically not lost, in this case, the defensive pressure in the midfield will be reduced, so the problem of Rodri's slow return to defense has not been particularly shown, Manchester City's full-backs, when the team attacks, looks like a back player? This is also a new way of thinking.
So, Guardiola did go to a team very strong, but his definition of the back is not the same, and he is really good at transforming the back, these three generations of players are his transformation success, but they are not the same idea. So that's where Guardiola is great.