Birlinn General Pep Guardiola: The Evolution
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Price: £14.99
Brand: Birlinn General
Description: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Pep Revolution For three extraordinary seasons at Bayern Munich, Martin Perarnau was given total access around the German super club - to its players, its backroom staff, its board members and, above all, to its manager, Pep Guardiola. In the follow-up to his critically acclaimed account of Guardiola's first full season at Bayern, Pep Confidential, Perarnau now lifts the lid on the Catalan's whole tenure in Bavaria. Pep Guardiola: The Evolution takes the reader on a journey through three action packed seasons as Bayern smashed domestic records yet struggled to emulate that dominance in Europe, analysing Guardiola's management style through key moments on and off the field. Perarnau reveals how Guardiola improved as a manager at Bayern despite failing to land the ultimate prize in European football, examines his decision to leave Germany to take up the challenge at Manchester City and how his managerial style will continue to evolve in the Premier League. This is more than the story of three seasons with one of the biggest clubs in the game. It is a portrait and analysis of a manager and the footballing philosophies that have beguiled the world.
Category: Books
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9781909715493
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ISBN: 9781909715493
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Author: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5
Review: A great book, giving a summary of everything guardiola does over his three years at Bayern. The book also goes on to predict how Guardiola will set about his project at Manchester City and some of the obstacles he may face along the way. The author explains in great detail how Guardola deals with certain events/ situations over the three years and the thinking behind certain tactical ideas. For example intergrating players into his strategic plans. A problem he encountered with Thomas Muller one the best attacking players in the world. The author explains the problem with evidence from training, matches, Guardiola himself and his assistants. He then describes the actions taken by the coaching team to recitify the situation. Lastly this is followed up by an in game situation of how all of the hard work to integrate Muller into the system, or the 'team ecosystem' as the author puts paid off in games. This is just one of countless examples the author uses from his time observing at Bayern. I would recommend reading the first book before this book as this is more of a summary of a summary of his 3 years and Guardiola as a coach, whereas the first books is more in depth in the day to day running of the first team however it isn't essential to do so. This is a great book not just for coaches but for anyone interested in football or any sport for that matter. The author combines his opinion brilliantly with that of Guardiola and other high class coaches from all sports and the access given is sometimes beyond belief. No wonder Guardiola's wife was worried too much information was being shared!
Author: Amazon Customer
Rating: 4
Review: It is a very good book. Personally, expected to read more details about the matches played in the last 2 years at Bayern, tactical details, details about his feelings and how Guardiola prepared those matches.
