Matthias Sammer sees the time with Star coach Pep Guardiola at FC Bayern Munich Two Meile columns. “Guardiola is destined for the most important pulser for the football of the present,” said the European Champion of 1996 of the frankfurter General Sunday newspaper, but: “In Munich, it has failed to activate the last two percent.”

Sammer relates to the joint time at Rekordmeister Bayern Munich (2013 to 2016), where he has worked as a sports board with Guardiola. He still has “greatest respect for PEP and feel deep gratitude for the common time.” Despite national successes, Bayern missed the targeted triumph in the Champions League under Guardiola.

“At the end of this fantastic process, he has not grown the team so that they could walk alone the last steps,” said the 54-year-old. The great secret of coaches such as Ottmar Hitzfeld and Jupp Heynckes had been “that they have enabled teams to make this form of self-employment.”

“Pep was always right with his analyzes, his measures have almost always been as planned as planned. As a result, the team has set a bit of one’s own thinking,” Sammer said, “But at the highest level is the point at which Own decisions of players are required. “

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Guardiola: Can not just change my principles

Currently, Guardiola is hired at Manchester City in the Premier League. Only recently he expressed himself in an interview with SKY about his time in Germany. The 51-year-old had learned a lot in the Bundesliga and adapted. “I’m from Catalonia. My footballer training comes from there,” but did he surprise: “My principles come from there. If I grew up in Germany with Ralf Rangnicks or Jürgen Klopp’s ideas, I might make it like you.”

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He could be the way he feels football, but not just change because other success. “Everyone has to do what he wants to do,” explained Guardiola. Since 2016, the Catalan has been working at Manchester City. His contract runs 2023.