I agree with all you say apart from the "we have been desperately unlucky" part.I would like this post twice if I could. I hate “Pep overthinks the champions league” even more.
If we’d lost against Chelsea at the weekend the accusation would have been that he “overthought” it by playing stones instead of Dias. But we win, Stones is brimming with confidence and Dias desperate to get back in the team.
nobody knows what goes on behind the scenes or what Pep is thinking. He is brilliant because most of the time it works. Unfortunalty we have been desperately unlucky in the champions league, not because he “overthinks” it or is some kind of tinker man.
Big players too, I remember seeing Gundog coming out of the tunnel, I knew then we wouldn't win, because he is a seasoned pro who has been on the losing side before in that comp, he all but shouted Mummy.Some of our players choking & going missing in the CL final didn't help us
This is the biggest myth at City, that Pep "fucked about" and cost us the CL. Nobody talks about how he "fucked about" by playing a counter attacking 4-4-2 in the semi to beat PSG, which we'd never played before or since under him. He's constantly tweaking, and ehen his tactical changes produce amazing results, which is 9/10 times, it doesn't get commented on. But the myth has to be peddled that he 'tinkers' in the CL only.
And was nothing to do with us losing that match.It was in the second half
Well, we don’t know. If you look at the match on Saturday, he scored the winning goal on a minute mark past the one he left the pitch in the finalAnd was nothing to do with us losing that match.
True but sadly we as a team did not turn up in that final, that was what made it so disappointing.Well, we don’t know. If you look at the match on Saturday, he scored the winning goal on a minute mark past the one he left the pitch in the final
I kept telling some Brazilian fans close to me that the usual route for all teams is to lose their first final before winning one. I think the last time a team won on their first final was in the 90s. So I was expecting it and there was nervousness involved clearly. Weirdly, I think we would have beaten Madrid thoughTrue but sadly we as a team did not turn up in that final, that was what made it so disappointing.
Since Pep arrived his preparation for big games / finals has been incredible, which made the performance even more strange and as others have pointed out, our senior players looked nervous, again which was incredible when you have seen the games and performances they have been involved in for club and country.I kept telling some Brazilian fans close to me that the usual route for all teams is to lose their first final before winning one. I think the last time a team won on their first final was in the 90s. So I was expecting it and there was nervousness involved clearly. Weirdly, I think we would have beaten Madrid though
you are wasting your time mate. on here Pep can do no wrong . he fucked up end of.And yet he fucked about with it in the Champions League final, I still can't believe he did that.
you are wasting your time mate. on here Pep can do no wrong . he fucked up end of.