Recently I have been thinking about a question, why are Manchester City so strong? More precisely, it is sustained so powerful!
Every time many people think that Manchester City may not work, to go downhill, but Guardiola slightly tinkered, Manchester City has become a "big Mac" sweeping the entire Premier League, people are not convinced!
Previously, I had analyzed Guardiola's team building policy and platoon deployment ideas from a tactical point of view, in short, Guardiola slowly transitioned from the initial nuclear system to a system without a specific core, during which it also experienced a lot of ups and downs, and also paid a little tuition.
But the problem is that Guardiola finally succeeded in creating an extraordinary Manchester City for us, everyone on the pitch can be used as an offensive starting point, no front, no waist, Manchester City played a unique football for us, at least in the Premier League, to shake Manchester City's dominance, not much easier than ascending to the sky.
Some people say, don't blow it, Manchester City is so strong, but there is still no Champions League, can only "nest horizontal", but "nest horizontal" is so easy? Among other things, Manchester City are the only team in the Premier League that has successfully defended their title in the past 10 years, and it is definitely not an easy task to establish enough dominance in the Premier League.
And is the Champions League really that important for Manchester City at this stage? Arsenal were so hot that year, remaining unbeaten in the season, and didn't they also lose nothing in the Champions League? Manchester United have been in the Premier League for 20 years, and have they only won two Champions Leagues? But to this day, the great achievements of Ferguson and Wenger are still circulating in world football.
Being able to continue to maintain a high standard is the valuable wealth that Guardiola brings to Manchester City, and only by maintaining a high standard for a long time, Manchester City, a rising star who was originally unknown, can gradually let everyone remember, let everyone gradually believe and accept, the world has really changed.
Of course, to maintain the efficient operation of Guardiola's tactical system, it is naturally indispensable to have strong financial and material resources, as a solid backing, after all, not everyone can replace the entire back line without a word, and not everyone can buy tens of millions of pounds or even hundreds of millions of pounds of players to help the team maintain continuous competitiveness.
However, the depth of the squad is too deep, sometimes it is not necessarily a good thing, everyone is inevitable that no one will obey anyone, and it is indispensable to compete for the main position, and this is another amazing thing about Guardiola, and it is also an important guarantee for Guardiola to achieve the core of the platoon deployment.
To take a simple example, Mahrez was in Leicester City, but he was a player who won the Premier League MVP, but when he came to Manchester City, he was just an ordinary winger, and even once he could not sit steadily, but Mahrez did not express any dissatisfaction with his situation in an interview, but gladly expressed his willingness to continue to stay in Manchester City and continue to play for Guardiola.
Another representative of Manchester City, Gundogan, has been regarded as a parallel commodity by everyone for so many years, but Guardiola has always trusted Gundogan, and in guardiola's eyes, this is a rare midfield all-rounder.
When Rodri and Fernandinho completed the replacement of old and new, Gundogan was placed in the back position several times to help Rodri share the defensive pressure of the midfield and silently dedicate his energy.
Last season, when City's forward line encountered difficulties, Guardiola waved a big hand, "Comrade Kyo, (you have to give me) bold pressure!" Gundogan gladly took the lead, this front pressure does not matter, not only helped Manchester City to win another Premier League title, but also successfully elected the 2021 Premier League MVP.
Well, another Premier League MVP of Manchester City, it is worth mentioning that Bernardo Silva has performed well this season, once again regaining the heroic state of the year, and more than that, although you are the Premier League MVP, Gundogan has to share the playing time with De Bruyne, which is also caused by Bad Bruyne's injury situation this season.
The problem is that Gundogan also has no complaints, which is very worth pondering, and there are also Stirling, Jesus, Foden who have also entered the regular rotation, etc. Every player mentioned here is a person who has been in the limelight at a certain time, or even in a certain season, but Guardiola just has a way to make them feel at ease as a rotating player, you say?
I don't know exactly what magic Guardiola has cast, but there is no doubt that being able to achieve such a feat is by no means as easy as we seem, and who wants to waste their youth on the bench? But who wouldn't want to play for such a manager?
Every player who has played for Guardiola has said that Guardiola has brought them a different football, so that their understanding of football has deepened to another level, from the perspective of building system football, Guardiola is a well-deserved master.
Now it seems that the management team, Guardiola also has extraordinary things, and the two sets of lineups you envy are not everyone can play.