Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has come out to explain why his team arrived early for their UCL clash vs Young Boys. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, he decided for his team to come earlier than usual so his players can get used to the artificial grass they will be playing on.
Pep added that natural grass is obviously the better pitch to play on, but the game has already been fixed.
His words, “Grass is better. Ninety-nine percent of the teams play on grass, otherwise UEFA and FIFA would decide to play on artificial grass. It’s common sense. UEFA allow games to be played here because it is in good condition… That’s why we travel in the morning, so the players feel how the ball runs right, left, backwards, forwards. That’s why we try it and the players will know it immediately.”
“It’s not the same. We’re not used to artificial. We go training here today and we’ll see how it feels. It’s not my favourite but we’ll see how it goes.”
WOW.
Pep Guardiola Sala is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who is currently managing Premier League club Manchester City. Guardiola is the only manager to win the continental treble twice, the youngest to win the UEFA Champions League, and he also holds the records for the most consecutive league games won in La Liga, the Bundesliga, and the Premier League. He is considered to be one of the greatest managers of all time
Guardiola has played for and advocated on behalf of the Catalonia football team. Between 1995 and 2005, he played seven friendly games for Catalonia.
Under Guardiola’s predecessor Frank Rijkaard, Barcelona were known for a 4–3–3 with plenty of flair with Ronaldinho being the centre point of the attack. Under Guardiola, however, the team became more disciplined with a greater focus on possession and a disciplined and aggressive pressing style.
Guardiola was born to Dolors and Valentí. He has two older sisters and a younger brother, Pere, a football agent. He is an atheist. Guardiola met his wife Cristina Serra when he was 18. They married on 29 May 2014.
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