Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola rates Real Madrid counterpart Jose Mourinho as the best coach in world football at the current time.
While Guardiola enjoyed a distinguished playing career for Barca and also represented Spain, Mourinho never played at a high level.
Guardiola nevertheless considers his opposite number at the Santiago Bernabeu to be the No.1 tactician despite their intense rivalry in the Primera Liga.
"It is not necessary to have played football to become a great coach," Guardiola explained.
"[Arrigo] Sacchi changed this sport without having played, while Mourinho is probably the best coach in the world.
"To have been in dressing rooms before can help in certain situations, but to not have been can also have advantages."
Future hopes
Guardiola then admitted that he would not go on coaching forever, but hopes that he can choose when to stop rather than being sacked.
"When I was a player I knew the moment when I could not give any more at the same level," he continued.
"It was when I felt tired and I know that as a trainer the same thing will happen. I know that day will come when I am tired of it and I will leave.
"I hope that day comes because normally in the life of a coach they sack you before that because you lose games.
"At the moment I can choose, but I know that it will not always be like this. If I lose then they will kick me out."
source: http://www1.skysports.com/football/n...la-Jose-s-No.1
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11th November 2011 11:36 PM #1Member
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11th November 2011 11:37 PM #2xaviGuest
hail hail.........
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11th November 2011 11:39 PM #3
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11th November 2011 11:54 PM #4Shukran Pep
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Alfredo Di Stéfano, Real Madrid's greatest ever player and the honorary president, spoke out. "Barcelona's football was simply brilliant," he said in his weekly column. "Their superiority was there for the whole planet to see: the whites were cornered all game. Barcelona play football and dance. They treat the ball with adoration and respect, almost nurturing it. To see this team in action is a delight."
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He's turning into some hell of a troll that Pep of ours
When Mourinho insisted that he and Guardiola were the same, the Barcelona coach said: "I will have to revise my behaviour then."
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12th November 2011 01:59 AM #6Legion of Doooom
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Obvious troll is obvious.
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12th November 2011 06:04 AM #7all your bases belong to us
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Pep is a bigger troll than Mourinho. Who would have guessed that?
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12th November 2011 10:16 PM #8
"Did I say is the best? I meant isn't"
Ruined that press conference
edit: gotta love Pep's funny facials pretty much anytime a camera is pointed at himVisca el Barça i Visca Catalunya
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"3:42 minutes played and still 0-0 against Almeria. Time to worry." Originally Posted by Xavi6
edit: gotta love Pep's funny facials pretty much anytime a camera is pointed at him(...) and Carrick was faced with Xavi and Iniesta coming past him, and Messi in behind him. That’s 3rd, 2nd and 1st in last year’s World Footballer of the Year award forming a triangle around him – he desperately needed help (...)
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