Former England boss Fabio Capello is torn in Pep Guardiola and accuses the boss of Manchester City of doing “enormous damage to football”.
In the past, the Italian has been a vocal critic of Guardiola and labeled him as “arrogant” during a tirade about the Spaniard in December after the 2-0 loss of City against Juventus.
Guardiola suffered the worst season of his professional career after he had supervised a series of one victory in 11 games earlier in the campaign, while his side was dumped by Real Madrid from the Champions League.
The boss of ex-Barcelona has signed a new deal this season, but was very criticized after he saw his team fall 23 points behind the League leaders Liverpool after their 1-0 defeat against Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
Capello insisted that he was not “anti-peep” and respected him as a coach, but could not resist the temptation to tear him again by doubling his claim that he is arrogant.
The former AC Milan and Real Madrid boss also complained that coaches in Italian football copied his iconic property system where teams take place from behind and said it had “ruined” the game.
“You know what I don't like about Guardiola? His arrogance. The Champions League he won with City was the only one in which he tried nothing strange in the decisive matches. But every other year, in Manchester and Munich, on the most important days, he always wanted to be the protagonist.
“He changed things and made things up so he could say:” The players don't win, I win. “And that arrogance has cost him different champions competitions. I respect him, but I see that clearly. Also, although it is no longer his fault, he has caused enormous damage to football.”
“Everyone tried to copy him for ten years. That has ruined Italian football that has lost its nature. I said,” Stop that, you don't have Guardiolas players! “
“Now, in Italian football, the keeper plays the ball! A disaster and also a boring that broke away many people from football, they just have to view the highlights. Why are you going to fit 90 minutes and watch horizontal passes without fighting, without running?”
Manchester City then plays Brighton in the Premier League before he was confronted with a crucial trip to Bournemouth in the FA Cup while offering to end the season with a trophy.
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