Pep Guardiola
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Sorry my english is no good.
I will let this video Athletic - Barça, 20 years ago.
Starting the video you can watch Guardiola grabbing arm Luis Fernández, manager of Athletic then, and saying him "you never laugh at the rival, you never laugh at the rival".
Athletic won, and Luis Fernández (french manager son of spanish parents, and ex player of PSG), who always was an agitator man, laugh at Luis Figo making him a swim gesture and laughing in his face, meaning Figo throws himself to the ground simulating foul.
Then Guardiola said those words to Fernández.
Also, we in spanish have 2 ways to talk to you. "Tú" and "usted". "Tú" is
colloquial confidence expression. You use "tú" with your friend, with your mate, or with a young unknown.
But you use "usted" with old people, with the man who is doing you a work interview, with a customer, with an
unknown who has an age
that deserves respect... "usted" shows respect and distance.
But Guardiola used "usted" with Fernandez. "(Usted) nunca se ria del contrario". "You never laugh at the rival".
Obvious, if you argue with someone you use "tú", because you dont respect them. You fight with an unknown fool on street and you dont say "usted", you say "túuuu are a fool! Tu go away!".
Using "usted" in this situation is very so... Guardiola.