Max Allegri Discusses Pep Guardiola’s Football Philosophy

DBasia.news –  Former Juventus coach, Massimiliano Allegri, discusses Pep Guardiola’s tiki-taka tactics at Manchester City.

According to Allegri, Guardiola’s tiki-taka philosophy that stuck out when with Barcelona is not for everyone. Allegri instead claimed to have been thrilled with the “revival” of the art of counterattack some time ago.

Between 2008 and 2012, Guardiola managed to build one of the best teams in the world. The best troops that had players like Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez. All parties praised the Barcelona game which was considered as an attractive attacking football.

With that philosophy, Barcelona triumphed by winning 14 major trophies, including three LaLiga and two Champions League. Suddenly, tiki-taka is on the rise and many say this is “true” football.

Similar success continued when Guardiola moved to Bayern Munich. When with Man City, Guardiola was able to make Man United’s neighbors dominate the Premier League, until this season.

Yes, this season Man City’s move is not as strong as before. They are currently, week 15, 11 points behind Liverpool’s Premier League leaders.

If when City was dominant, Guardiola would be praised for being able to apply his philosophy in England, now it is Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp’s turn to be praised for direct and flowing games. The pressing and fluid game approach has now begun to be widely adopted by clubs in Europe.

Barcelona themselves are currently starting to leave the game method that deifies possession. Now many clubs are starting to focus on how to score goals as soon as possible.

This is the basis of the opinion of Allegri. The coach who brought Juventus five scudetto in a row judges that football has abandoned Guardiola’s game style. Allegri even welcomed the transition.

“I am happy to see the return of a great counterattack,” Allegri told Corriere della Sera.

“We have been wrong to follow Guardiola for 20 years. Guardiola’s football is not for everyone. You must have Iniesta, Xavi and Messi.”

“As I traveled around, I saw children playing soccer, amateur clubs. I spoke with the coaches and what I heard was scary,” said Allegri.

“They talk like books, like television. If the philosophy is good, why not use it? The problem is the end result. That’s the reality.”