Pep Guardiola is one of the most influential managers in world football. His adaptation of Johan Cruyff’s tactical philosophy of high pressing and high-tempo possession transformed the European game in the late 2000s, and the Catalan has not stopped innovating.
The Manchester City manager’s tactics are all about the collective, not the individual, and it is his diligent organisation of shape and movement that makes him so special - not to mention his ability to constantly move with the times.
However, he has also innovated on a micro level, inventing, tweaking or popularising roles for individual players... Let’s start with the man himself.
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