Pep Guardiola: The Tactical Genius Behind Manchester City’s Historic Treble Win and Champions League Victory

Guardiola succeeded in leading Manchester City to crown the first European Champions League in the club’s history, completing the treble “English Premier League, FA Cup, and Champions League”, and becoming the second English club to achieve this achievement, after Manchester United in 1999.

Ferguson pursuit

Guardiola reached his 35th title in his career, surpassing Romanian Lucescu, who has 34 titles, to become the second most decorated coach in the world, and continues to pursue Sir Alex Ferguson, who has won 49 titles in his history.

The most important is tactical

Henry’s words of praise for Guardiola, and his consideration of him as the best coach in history, were shared by historical stars such as Lionel Messi, the current Manchester City star, Erling Haaland, and many football stars.

Messi talked about his experience with Guardiola, noting his distinction in the way he sees things, and that his plans always end successfully.

Guardiola.. the first coach to achieve this feat with two different teams

Guardiola succeeded in reaching the third podium in his history for the Champions League, to equalize Zinedine Zidane “Real Madrid” and Bob Paisley “Liverpool”, and he has one title left to equal the Italian Carlo Ancelotti, who won the Champions League 4 times, twice with Real Madrid, and the same with E. C Milan.

Guardiola became the first coach in history to achieve the “League, Cup and Champions League” treble with two different teams, after he had previously achieved it with Barcelona in 2009, to repeat it with Manchester City in 2023.

Guardiola joined a list of 6 coaches who succeeded in winning the Champions League with two different teams: Ernst Abel (Feyenoord – Hamburg), Ottmar Hitzfeld (Borussia Dortmund – Bayern Munich), Jose Mourinho (Porto – Inter), Jupp Heynckes (Real Madrid – Bayern Munich). ), Ancelotti (Milan – Real Madrid).