Guardiola's Manchester City once again fell ahead of the Champions League final.
Interestingly, after this game, many Manchester City fans even asked Guardiola to immediately leave the class and Mourinho take over Manchester City.
It may seem surprising, but it makes sense.
One shot is the most telling: when Carlo Ancelotti's Real Madrid started in the 90th minute, Guardiola was at ease on the bench, as if everything was supposed to be in control.
Instead, the introverted De Bruyne shouted wildly on the sidelines, making the Manchester City crowd cheer up,
The same scene, we think about how Mourinho did it, just during the period of coaching Manchester United and Tottenham, there are a lot of famous scenes.
For example, in the 19/20 season, in the 26th round of the Premier League, Spurs beat Aston Villa 3-2, when Son Heung-min scored a goal that killed the game in 93 minutes and 34 seconds.
Just as the Whole Tottenham Hotspur team was celebrating, Mourinho quickly got up to find the fourth officer on the sidelines, asked for a substitution, and quickly called Veltonghen, who was still warming up on the sidelines, to replace Belwyn, whose stamina groove had bottomed out.
I remember that game vividly, because after the game, many "senior fans" kept discussing that Mourinho was completely redundant, after all, there was little time left, and Villa could not set off any storms.
Looking at Manchester City today, the answer is self-evident, which is the difference between Guardiola and Mourinho in their football philosophy.
Guardiola's football philosophy has always been that kind of perfectionism, even extreme paranoia, every minute and every second on the pitch must be mastered by him (including the player's exit route, the player's interspersed direction), take this morning's game as an example, Manchester City can use some unconventional play to spend the last few minutes under such a big advantage, just like the way Fernandinho faced Atletico in the quarter-finals.
It's not called lying grass, it's a kind of football tactic.
Two of the most important points were that Guardiola forgot to instill in his disciples the belief in victory and the bloodiness of never giving up.
These two points are crucial in football games, many times the game is fighting to the last minute, due to the player's physical exhaustion, the role of tactics can often be less than 50%, this time is the time to compete for blood and faith.
One set of stats is the most telling, roma have the highest scoring ability in Serie A in the final stages of the season, scoring 15 goals so far. (Interestingly, remove some of the operations of the Man in Black, this data can be more)
It is clear that Mourinho has instilled in his disciples the conviction of bloodiness and never giving up.
Consider why Mourinho has always wanted to bring in Swiss captain Xhaka for Roma in the last transfer window, precisely because Xhaka is not only Roma's urgently needed out-of-the-ball back, but also has the bloodiness of modern players.
Looking back, let's look at Guardiola again, Guardiola's favorite thing to do is to hold his head on the sidelines, and many times when Manchester City is behind, Guardiola is indifferent, even looking powerless.
No way, because the situation on the pitch had exceeded his expectations.
This is where idealism and realism contradict each other, just like our lives: we all want our parents to be healthy, work well, and have a happy family.
But reality often contradicts ideals, and what we need to do is often how to face reality.