Guardiola spent the majority of his playing days with barca and was an integral part of johan cruyffs european cupwinning dream team. Yet, pep guardiola, one of the greatest managers to grace the game, describes juan as the maestro. Oct 21, 2017 manchester city will keep tabs on napoli fullback faouzi ghoulam after he impressed at the etihad during the week. Juanma lillo mentored pep guardiola maintains liga mx is. As charles slack describes in his book noble obsession, goodyear. You know, football is full of philosophers, jose mourinho once said. Pep guardiola will return to barcelona in the champions league group stage. The world was finally a witness to beautiful football, his lifes work. Guardiolas assistant departure could affect the team at a key. Andwhen lillo talks about barcelona, he canthelp talking about we. Books have been written, and there have alsobeen talks. The book barely gives any insights into guardiolas mind perhaps as a testament to the spaniards. He isnt as well known in the englishspeaking soccer community, so hopefully these are new to most people. You can tell straight away that perarnau obviously feels some sort of debt to guardiola, as the first book was so eye opening and in depth, that he has decided not only to reign in the criticisms of pep.
Manager, maestro and mentor juan manuel lillo and pep guardiola. Mar 05, 2011 pep guardiola the purist and pragmatist oiling barcelonas machine the catalan manager would have supporters believe he has little bearing on barcelonas brilliance. These 3 pep guardiola books will teach man city fans all they need to know about their new boss. Sir juan has been credited with perhaps the most versatile formation in football, the 4231. Apr 27, 20 meanwhile,he had been in mexico, where hecoached pep guardiola.
Juan manuel juanma lillo diez born 3 november 1965 is a spanish football. After being appointed firstteam manager in 2008, he transformed barcelona into arguably the greatest club side of all time, winning thirteen trophies in four years, and he won the double twice in his three years in charge of bayern munich. Article about sport personal brand focused on pep guardiola. Pep guardiolas greatest xi of all time sportskeeda. Nov 23, 2016 guardiola will get to know his players and find the means to achieve the end. Oct 19, 2016 the five months in mexico that shaped pep guardiolas philosophy. Guardiola has never hidden hisadmiration for lillo, describing him asthe coach that, along with johan cruyff,had the greatest in. He was the best coach i ever had, guardiola said of lillo. Pep guardiola the purist and pragmatist oiling barcelonas machine the catalan manager would have supporters believe he has little bearing on barcelonas brilliance. His lifes work had been used against him, and just like goodyear, lillo was not bitter, for he saw the fruit of his work blossoming in the fields of camp nou under guardiola. When people hear the term positional play, they immediately bring to mind its poster boy, pep guardiola. Guardiola deals death blow to his mentor as barca hit eight.
The book included some interesting statistics on pep s 3year tenure at bayern and elaborated explanations on his tactics, not just overall but drilled down into some of the specific matches as the author had open access to guardiola and his team. Pep guardiola and the unrelenting game of fools pep guardiola and the unrelenting game of fools. For lillo, guardiola s development as a coach has provided more satisfaction than any success or trophies ever could. Nov 15, 2012 pep guardiola is the most successful and soughtafter football coach in the world. Juan manuel juanma lillo is a basque born coach and a football romanticist whose ideas have transformed the face of the modern game. The big journalists of spanish football are here guillem balague and graham hunter whilst marti pernrau goes behind the scenes at bayern. Officially, lillo had no role at all even though his fingerprints were all over the project. Meanwhile,he had been in mexico, where hecoached pep guardiola. Dig a little deeper, however, and the move wasnt all that shocking, given that juan manuel lillo, the man credited.
Apr 14, 2018 postmatch press conference with manchester city manager pep guardiola following his sides 31 win over tottenham in the premier league. Most wrong themselves by thinking that tikitaka was invented by cryuff. As a footballer, josep pep guardiola was a muchacclaimed defensive midfielder who spent the majority of his playing career with fc barcelona. To make it even more perfect, he combined some previous used tactics with it. To read more about pep guardiolas unique approach to soccer coaching at the highest level, read marti perarnau pep confidential. But fate can be cruel and earlier this season, lillo was sacked as almeria coach after an 80 defeat. An entertaining, perceptive biography of the hugely successful manager of fc barcelonaas a footballer, josep pep guardiola was a muchacclaimed defensive midfielder who spent the majority of his playing career with fc barcelona. Guardiola deals deathblow to his mentor as barca hit eight in almeria junma lillo is regarded by pep guardiola as the best coach hes ever had but after a record defeat he is again without. Guardiola had always admired juanma lillo, dorados coach at the time, and moving to mexico meant a chance to learn from him first hand, with playing more football simply a. Our staff and contributors share their latest enthusiasms in books. Surprisingly though there is a far less recognizable name who guardiola himself has called his maestro, juan manuel lillo. The book is a cheerleading book for pep, not that he needs one, but it lists none of his this book is a let down compared to the first one. Tottenham manchester city pep guardiola full post match. Mis influencias han sido cruyff y lillo, sostuvo pep guardiola.
Manager, maestro and mentor juan manuel lillo and pep. From futsal to management to philosophy, this is his story. The day pep guardiola travelled 5,000 miles to speak to marcelo bielsa the man he now regards as the best coach in the world pep guardiola. Over the course of their five months in northwest mexico, guardiola, who would become. Juanma lillo, the creator of 4231 system speaks with.
Pep guardiola top results of your surfing pep guardiola start download portable document format pdf and e books electronic books free online rating news 20162017 is books that can provide inspiration, insight, knowledge to the reader. The barcelona legacy, a history of soccers soul and. He was part of the great johan cruyffs dream team that won the clubs first european cup. As well as plying his trade under the famed tutelage of cruyff at barcelona, pep, also honed his skills under the likes of fabio capello and carlo mazzone during a 5 year stay in italy. Juan manuel lillo may not have a book, but his thoughts, ideas, quotes, interviews, speeches and actions are enough. In late 2009 caneda was invited to accompany juan manuel lillo yet again when he was offered the managerial role at ud. Legendary coaches like rinus michels, gusztav sebes, johan cruyff, louis van gaal, juanma lillo, just to name a few, have utilised and created concepts we now. But, to juan manuel lillo, the portugueses comments would have been.
He is considered to be one of the greatest managers of all time. The five months in mexico that shaped pep guardiolas philosophy. How pep guardiola s maestro influenced one of the strongest playing style weve witnessed in the history of. The parallelism between charles goodyear and juanma lillo is uncanny. His attention to detail and his tactics is captivating.
The five months in mexico that shaped pep guardiola s philosophy. In 2006, pep guardiola travelled 5,000 miles to gain insight from the argentine. Pep guardiola is an amazing coach whose claim to fame came at barcelona. Pep guardiola s mentor who revitalized positional play. Before winning 5 league titles, 6 domestic cups, 3 fifa club world cups, 2 champions leagues, and becoming fifa coach of the year, pep guardiola was a key component in johan cruyffs dream team at barcelona in the early 1990s. Ponencia marti perarnau pep guardiola, evolucion e innovacion.
A soccer coachs guide provides a theoretical base alongside practical guidance for coaches even if they do not have elite players such as lionel messi, xavi, and andres iniesta to develop the play that guardiola developed during his second season at barca. We analyse the effective and outrageous 235 formation employed by the former barcelona task master for the bundesliga giants. Jul 26, 2011 manager, maestro and mentor juan manuel lillo and pep guardiola. Arteta, torrent, juanma lillo and few more can perfect pep himself in his. The spaniard left the nou camp after a revolutionary fouryear spell before taking a sabbatical and goi. For lillo, guardiolas development as a coach has provided more satisfaction than any success or trophies ever could. Juanma lillo mentored pep guardiola and maintains liga mx is worlds best juanma lillo has worked alongside some of footballs great coaches, and he believes that liga mx is the best league in the. C he wis previously manager o fc barcelona an fc bayern munich. Or as the spanish coach juan manuel juanma lillo puts it, the birth rate goes up. Pep guardiola is the new manager of manchester city. Pep guardiola deportes corner spanish edition kindle. Lillo, and many other footballing pioneers agree that football is a complex process which cannot be separated into distinct parts attack, defense, etc. This is exemplified in this quote by juan manuel lillo3. With a heavy influence on modern greats like pep guardiola and jorge sampaoli, juanma lillo might well be footballs greatest and most innovative failure.
The inside story of pep guardiolas first season at bayern munich. Yaya toure and pep guardiola s mentor, juanma lillo, help qingdao huanghai to promised land. Juanma lillo, the creator of 4231 system speaks with sid lowe. However, the style has been around for decades without specifically being named. After retiring as a player, guardiola became a coach at barcelona.
If pep has seen further than most in the managerial game, he will be the first to admit it. Pep guardiola had made cover at leftback one of his top priorities for next summ. Juan manuel lillo quotes on coaching and football were a little short on content right now, so i decided to share some great juanma lillo quotes. Pep would take a black book with him to training every day to write down pointers. Feb 17, 2017 pep guardiola could make a stunning return to barcelona, because lionel messi wants him back. Please subscribe, like the video and share wherever you can. Guardiola deals death blow to his mentor as barca hit. Jan 23, 2016 as well as plying his trade under the famed tutelage of cruyff at barcelona, pep, also honed his skills under the likes of fabio capello and carlo mazzone during a 5 year stay in italy. The five months in mexico that shaped pep guardiolas.
Entertainingly perceptive biography of the hugely successful manager of fc barcelona, pep guardiola. Pep guardiola, positional plays most popular spokesperson, said, one must occupy the. For josep pep guardiola, the winningest soccer coach of the past. No line better sums up the work of pep guardiola, a man revolutionising the premier league.
Its full of people who understand much more than me. His win percentage as a manager is a ridiculously low 37%. The game, as lillo has repeatedly bemoaned, is about more than victory, about more than the end result. Pep guardiola has transformed barcelona into arguably the greatest club side of all time, and this entertainingly perceptive biography explains how. This book tells how pep guardiola did itplaying the beautiful game and winning.