Pep Guardiola and the Champions League are tied with special, unseen strings. No matter the opponent, the media are always reminding the Spanish tactician about his constant failure to win the competition since 2011, when he won the second of his two trophies in the UEFA’s biggest competition. And both were with the mighty Barcelona, who had so many stars in the team that many are cynically arguing that any coach would have won the trophy with those players. And Guardiola is trying to give a different kind of answer to why he has not won, and today he compared himself to Michael Jordan. Journo: Would you rather face a team with experience like Bayern or a team with no experience but like Napoli Pep “Are you from Italy? I am not going to talk about Napoli or their coach is going to be grumpy with me. He’s so sensitive in Italy” #Pep pic.twitter.com/eYpUSaCSlE— The Pep (@GuardiolaTweets) April 10, 2023 The Manchester City coach repeatedly failed to win the Champions League with the Citizens since he arrived in 2016, but also with German giants Bayern Munich (2015-2016). The closer he came was in 2020-21, when he was defeated in the finals by Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea. And now, he gives an argument that playing football is basically all about losing and not winning. “The question comes since six, seven years ago. It comes every single season. We tried every single season, but there are teams that you face that they are good too. We want to try like all the time but it doesn’t mean we’re going to win. Michael Jordan won 6 NBA titles. How many seasons did he play? 16… In sport you lose more than you win, the important thing is to be here and compete well” he said ahead of the match with Bayern Munich. City’s familiar foes – UCL ‘dream-buster’ Tuchel and Bayern up aheadThe man who defeated him in his only final away from Barcelona is against him again, this time as the manager of his former club Bayern Munich. Guardiola was asked if he was surprised when Tuchel was appointed as coach, but also about the strength of the Bavarians. I was surprised as I was with Nagelsmann was sacked. I cannot give a real opinion. When a manager is sacked and the next manager is doing well, people say it’s a good decision. When opposite, they miss the old manager. Bayern are not built for the second leg, they are built to win. If they defend more than usual, it’s because we are doing well. But if we don’t, we will defend more than usual. But I don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow” said the Spaniard.##NAJAVA_MECA_7162581##
