Pep Guardiola pokes fun at PSG/Bayern Munich | OneFootball

Pep Guardiola, 55, Manchester City’s manager, had some fun in a press conference when speaking about the clash between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich. With heavy irony, the Catalan coach first pretended to talk the fixture down before admitting how much he enjoyed watching this major European showdown.

Guardiola: “Really, really awful, shit players!”

Guardiola therefore played his favorite role: that of the fake blase observer who takes shots at everyone before casually letting slip that he loved it. By targeting Luis Enrique, Vincent Kompany and the players with deliberate exaggeration, the Manchester City manager was obviously not trying to downplay PSG-Bayern. Quite the opposite: his irony works because the fixture delivered exactly what top-level European football promises at its very best, with intensity, technical quality and risk-taking.

Behind the provocation is above all the взгляд of a lover of the game, someone capable of enjoying a spectacular match without putting on the costume of an overly serious pundit. And when Guardiola pretends to look down on a match, it often means he watched it with a grin as wide as a perfectly played ball out from the back.

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