Curse of african wizards? Guardiola has folded the Champions League semi-finals six times in 13 years

In the past 13 years, there have been six Champions League semi-finals, and no coach in history has been able to surpass this number. It's been 10 years since Messi left, and Guardiola has only reached one Champions League final.

I don't know if the Catalan boss will remember the words of dimitri Seluk, the latter's agent Dimitri Seluk, after his break with Yaya Touré in 2018: "The shamans of Africa will not let Guardiola win the Champions League again, it is a curse from Africa, let life tell you, I am right or wrong!" ”

01. Debut is the peak: How do you surpass your perfect self?

Guardiola was so young that after defeating Chelsea in the champions league semi-final, Silvinho, who was still a player, was still needed to remind himself: timely substitution!

But with Messi, Xavi and Iniesta in hand, Guardiola created the most beautiful look in football. The debut season of coaching in the five major leagues is an unprecedented six-time champion. The debut is the peak, the shot is the king of the explosion, standing at the top of Europe, Guardiola, full of thoughts: I want to make football more beautiful!

So Ibrahimovic bought and sold Toure, used Busquets, and finally in the 2010-11 season, Barca played the strongest control in the history of football.

Winning the Champions League in 3 years and winning the 3 consecutive La Liga titles, guardiola's first 3 years of his career are enough to complete a height that other peers have not been able to reach in 30 years of their careers.

Perhaps the victory came too easily, and Guardiola was not even satisfied with the "full rank" in his hand. He bravely stepped out of the "comfort zone" and went to the outside world to feel the ups and downs.

The problem is that Messi has only one, and in the 10 years since he left Messi, Guardiola really can only know that he is cold and warm.

Not even Messi, not even Busquets, could find a real replacement. Because even at Barca, they can't find a new "professor" to pass on that special and beautiful football.

02. From the Bundesliga to the Premier League: Guardiola was once confused

There is no Messi, no Xavi, no Iniesta, no Busquets, not even Bayern, and few players can understand Guardiola's tactics and ball control philosophy.

The two-legged 0-5 against Real Madrid became a memory that Guardiola could not look back on, and it was also a shame that he could not wash away during bayern coaching.

The coach, who has an almost perverted obsession with the tactical revolution, saw that the players here could not understand his own football philosophy, so he tried to change himself.

In the days that followed, Guardiola's football incorporated a lot of crosses and acceleration, and even at one point there was an impact flow of 6-7 people entering the box at the same time.

Bayern, who have fallen three times in the Champions League final four and taken over the treble, may be the beginning of Guardiola's bad luck. The question is, at the moment he agreed to coach, who would have expected Heynckes to achieve incredible feats?

Looking back, Guardiola still has feelings for Bayern: "Coaching this team is my dream and an extremely important part of my life. I would never say a word bad about Bayern. I still remember when they called me and asked if I would like to come and coach, I felt 'WOW'! ”

Bidding farewell to Germany and coming to England, Guardiola became the head of Manchester City. However, it was still very unlucky, and shortly after agreeing to take over the team, the Blue Moon, under the leadership of Pellegrini, created the best Champions League record in the history of the team: reaching the top 4.

So when Guardiola's beautiful fairytale football was torn apart in front of City's broken defence and the team's first year stopped in the Champions League round of 16, Guardiola was a little confused.

03. 1 billion team to create a melon-style blue moon: the Champions League is so close and so far

But Guardiola is Pep Guardiola after all, he first took Manchester City to establish a super advantage on the league stage, and even Klopp's strongest Liverpool had to accept the regret of the runner-up with the highest score in history.

It is worth mentioning that the highest runner-up points in the previous five major leagues were born in La Liga, Pellegrini's Real Madrid is the unlucky existence, and the champion is Guardiola's Barca.

Success is not without a price, and in order to support Guardiola's "experiment", the Manchester City boss has spent an astonishing amount of money and material resources. As of last summer, after buying Glalis, Guardiola's five years at the helm of Manchester City have spent more than £918 million, or more than €1 billion.

In those five seasons for Guardiola, the Blues have won three Premier League titles, one FA Cup and four League Cups. Unfortunately, in the Champions League, 1 time stopped in the round of 16, 2 times into the top 8, only last season reached the final, but also helplessly relegated to the runner-up.

Since firmly using the frontless line, Guardiola has regained his philosophy of control and the team is gradually getting on track. In the second leg of the Champions League semi-final at the Bernabeu, Guardiola's side had an absolute advantage in the field.

City's number of passes and attacks in the core area crushed the home team, and Real Madrid did not have their first shot on target until the 89th minute of the game.

But Ancelotti's side chased two goals in stoppage time to bring the game into extra time. So countless fans began to believe that it was really the magic of african shamans who kept Guardiola away from the Champions League.

You really can't say what kind of mistake Guardiola made this time because he really controlled the game to the 89th minute. After the game, Guardiola also looked helpless when talking about the game: "Our team was very, very close to victory, but in the end it missed the game. The outcome of football is unpredictable, and a game like this we have to accept. ”

Conclusion:

After 10 years of saying goodbye to Messi and Iniesta, no one has ever sent Guardiola to a last-minute shootout, but his team may have been broken in injury time.

For a coach who is obsessed with attacking, not getting a genius who scores like a goal is the biggest pain. All the ideas and ideas, in the end, need to be implemented on the pitch by unborn football geniuses, Guardiola is only a coach after all, but there is no Messi in his players.