How Guardiola Destroyed German Football

[@mateo1726]

He’s one of my favorite players. Grew up with him being a winger to a center mid. Great player

[@davwebster6196]

Same here mate. Captain fantastic, a complete footballer and true winner… Swheinsteiger is actually underrated to me he is up there with the Xavis, Pirlo, Gerrard, Kroos etc

[@Idkexactly]

Him and robbery and gomez, muller,nuer, alaba,lahm...they litteralt terrified me waay moore than barcelona messi but i enjoyed that tention as a madridista

[@koreshsonkar3999]

Ahh.. loved his goals. Passing the ball to the right winger.. Running straight towards the goal.. & with the final pass in the box GOAL ! It worked everytime for him. Infact I tried it myself , it worked! Could feel the perfect play.

[@theplacebeyondthelies2429]

but this is AI Bastian, not the real one... it's so fake how can people not see it

[@user-du9hi9pd4z]

for reminder who is this player

[@user-rz1iw5px7e]

He is completely right, I don't understand what is wanted here in the comments. Jenep Heynckes' Bayern in the years he mentioned was unstoppable, two consecutive Champions League finals and one they lost with Hans Drogba. and winning the World Cup in Brazil, whose squad is based mostly on Bayern players. Pep came with the tiki taka, yes Bayern still looked great but the sting of German football is gone, and that's what Schweinsteiger is talking about

[@bigpoppa3999]

Can't believe y'all still blaming pep. Dude has been gone for almost 8 years now. Was 2022 pep's fault two? They simply aren't as talented as before.

[@bossefraise]

@@bigpoppa3999They are not blaming Pep. They are blaming the ”system” of German football for trying to a copy a certain style of tactics, instead of focusing on the core values. It is not all about the tactics, there are other aspects to football as well.

[@zenastronomy]

Germany won the World cup playing tikitaka

[@user-rz1iw5px7e]

@@zenastronomy no they dont, that was spain in 2010. Before wc 2014 pep worked in bayren one year, and the german squad played like german in the national team without pep..

[@bradd2k2]

Pep is probs one of the best coaches I’ve ever seen his football is out of this world, but since he came to england I find football boring as fuck to watch now I use to find the prime barca boring to watch aswell yes they play brilliant football and it looks class on highlights but watching them for 90 mins is boring I prefer the way football use to Be

[@KingKong-nx7ti]

It’s true. German football from 2012-2014 was something special. Both Bayern and the national team were machines. Dortmund were also extremely competitive in this period too

[@acchery8910]

I think the league as a whole was strong as well

[@Kisyfurr]

So pep ruined a 2 year dynasty ? 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Busebeller]

Bayern destroyed everything with buying Götze from Dortmund. After that there was no competition anymore. Dortmund lost their self esteem and Bayern won the Bundesliga for a whole decade but where not good enough to win the cl. Only exception was 2020 corona cl

[@acchery8910]

@@Busebeller not only that, but the biggest German clubs are all in second League because they haven't been smart with finances and had shady bosses. Those clubs need resurgence.

[@alexpopa5436]

@@Kisyfurr 1 year dinasty. Guardiola arrived in 2013, before they won the World Cup. It's ridiculous for me, blaming him for the fall of German football.

[@koketsomodise9502]

Heynckes style gave me sleepless nights during Champions League as a Barcelona fan.

[@samuelnwosu9092]

Hats off to that man! That team was the fecking German machine. We need that at Barça tbh

[@LuyandaNikani]

😂😂😂

[@emotionalvideos6897]

you mean madrid fan

[@Z71990]

​@@emotionalvideos6897? 3-0 and 4-0 for Prime barcelona

[@MoeMoe-vs8bf]

Let me say this, I do believe that Pep's style is one of the most effective styles in football, but that doesn't mean its always the best and doesn't mean that there aren't other ways of playing football. Look at history different styles, different formations, different philosophy etc...

[@IgnacioAguilarToledo]

The most successful club in history, Real Madrid, does not necessarily play that style

[@gregansbootstrap5352]

@@IgnacioAguilarToledoMadrid had an absurd amount of talent and that’s what got them far, other clubs that won with less quality players and won champions league with good managers deserve far more credit

[@KaidenKnox11]

@@gregansbootstrap5352 Barca struggled against Chelsea and many say they robbed them. Even City struggled against Inter in the final. If Pep's style is indeed dominant then they should be winning everything and dominating. The weird thing is the teams that actually do win, they dont play possesion football.

[@samsonegbeiyon302]

​@@gregansbootstrap5352so Barcelona did not have crazy amount of talents? 😂😂😂😂

[@gregansbootstrap5352]

@@samsonegbeiyon302 of course they did lol. Both organizations just buy talents from others, almost never homegrown. Not sure why you are assuming I’m a Barca fan

[@devrishi5716]

When Germans talk about football, it just feels different

[@guy12327]

We take it very serious.

[@iche9373]

They just do the blame game

[@cadian122]

Bastian is right.. Real Madrid used to fear Bayern in the Heckyes days and before and we obliterated them under Pep... It's same how Madrid moved into a different gear with Carlo

[@MoonayMultipliar]

@@iche9373ah k Have you watched english football? Have you looked at italian and spanish fans?

[@iche9373]

@@MoonayMultipliar I don’t actually think in cultural stereotypes.

[@MiddleEast-4Ever]

The thing is that Bayer Munich club was perfect with perfect players before the arrive of Gardiola so it was all easy job for him as a coach.

[@CM-nt5so]

That's been Pep at every club. Easy job. He's a bald fraud.

[@Sanchosinpanza]

100% agree. Barcelona is a slave of its own style (Pep's style comes from Cruyff's heritage in Barcelona). Barcelona doesn't have Xavi, Iniesta and Messi anymore and they keep trying to play the same way obviously without success. Real Madrid has won 14 UCL because Real is a 4WD. Knows how to shine, suffer, be superior and inferior and if the team gives 100% is proud in every situation.

[@nitishkumarjurel241]

What does 4WD mean?

[@Sanchosinpanza]

@@nitishkumarjurel241 Punishes losers 4 seasons every day of the week. That's it

[@josephrobert194]

​@@nitishkumarjurel241 4 Wheel Drive.

[@Joe-ss9cr]

They play completely differently. Not even comparable. Just sit down and stop parroting nonsense you've heard from other dumb people.

[@hanielcastro8278]

Man, cmom, Barcelona has 5 Champions and all after Cruyff, this style has given a lot to the club

[@LiveLoveLaugh102310]

He didn’t say that. He said Pep’s style of play was copied by teams in Bundesliga to the point that it corrupted their original style of play. He said the German teams have lost the essence of their football heritage.

[@josephrobert194]

What was Germany's original style of play?

[@brago_]

​@@josephrobert194long balls and strong defense.

[@Zac0827]

@@brago_🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

[@kadatheklund2904]

@@brago_ that does not work in football anymore lmao. Italians and Brazilians are really happy if german follow this guy's advice.

[@brago_]

@@kadatheklund2904 germany national team play short passes and possesion and still a weak team. It doesn't work for them.

[@anakinskywalkerii4350]

I would say even Spain suffered post 2010. The Barcelona style was embossed on the Spanish side. It worked in 2010. But after that everyone figured how to play against them. It’s not an easy style to replicate other than with absolutely brilliant players at a certain age. Once it falls apart, hard to rebuild.

[@halfcolombian72]

It worked in 2012 too. Winning the European Championship over Italy 4-0 without lining up any forwards. Unforgettable. Never seen before. Didn't las though as you say.

[@anakinskywalkerii4350]

@@halfcolombian72 - oh yeah. Forgot about 2012. It felt like it was going to be a decade dominated by Spain at that point of time.

[@joshmcdonald7472]

Spains biggest problem is lack of talent and fealty to Barcelona players even if they are not the most talented Spaniards

[@westington1]

@@anakinskywalkerii4350That’s about as dominant as an international team can get though - winning the euros, then the World Cup, and then the Euro’s again. The backbone of that winning team was ageing or retired by the time the World Cup in 2014 came around. It takes time for a new generation to come through - simply put, it would be both a tall order and unprecedented in international football to win the next 4 big tournaments, after having just won three in a row already. Football is too competitive, and runs in cycles because of this - no international team would likely dominate for 15 years, no matter how good they looked for 6 years or so.

[@pradoshtv]

Pep damaged Bastain so much that he ended up joining Man Utd..

[@SalmanKhan-yx5uf]

He was 34 yrs old and he was a fan of the club .He won the FA CUP AT LEAST IN HIS FIRST SEASON LOL😂

[@iche9373]

„Das ist nicht lustig“ - Bastian Schweinsteiger

[@chidubem826]

Gaddamn 😂

[@josephrobert194]

​@@SalmanKhan-yx5uf Nah, he was 31, left the club at 33, retired at 35.

[@is-gy7vt]

He just wanted to leave, get that new experience abroad.

[@ultramarinechaplain88]

The culmination of the pep and germany mix happened in the 2014 WC. After that everyone tried to copy them and slowly but surely germany lost its identity.

[@777Lxxx]

Pep was in his first year in 2014, so it was a hybrid of Pep and German style rather then 100% Pep style

[@bear_eater254]

​@@777LxxxHe came in the summer of 2014 after Germany had Already won a World Cup so Pep had no influence in that.

[@bear_eater254]

Pep joined Bayern in the summer of 2014 after the World Cup meaning he had no influence in German winning it.

[@beastmry]

Why must you lie? You think people can't check facts on Google? He joined Summer 2013. ​@@bear_eater254

[@arishemthejudge6780]

@@bear_eater254Pep joined at the start of 13/14 season in 2013, a year before the world cup. I know because he was in the dugouts when Madrid trashed them 4-0 at the Allianz

[@lancetable537]

This video is missleading. What Bastian means is that we focused a lot on certain style of playing at that time and didn't focus on the core values anymore. Germany always had good strikers and defenders, were are they now? Everyone wanted the false 9 while Pep always played with a true 9. (Etoo, Villa for example).

[@alwinuding8926]

Nope, before Haaland, Pep didn't want to use Gabriel Jesus and rather played with a false 9.

[@JackbladeWoW]

So true ! From Boateng, Hummels, Mertesacker, Lahm, Höwedes, Bartra to only Rudiger, Süle and some random dude

[@ryangordon7980]

​@@alwinuding8926gabi was literally a winger pep put up front sounds like a false 9 to me tbh

[@lewismckenzie236]

What a load of shite. Pep essentially popularised the false 9 in the modern game with Messi 😂

[@alwinuding8926]

@@ryangordon7980 Are you drunk???🤔🍾🍺🥃 I allready said that Pep likes playing with a false 9 and that's why he didn't use Jesus🤷‍♂️.

[@user-ym4ds6dn3s]

His english Is impressive for a German

[@krowaswieta7944]

I mean, if youre German its pretty easy to learn good English. English grammar is kind of simplified (by a lot though hehe) German one. Afterall both of those languages are germanic.

[@javierm2098]

100% right. People use to think i was crazy when I told them I didn’t want Pep in Munich. Germany was best in the world. They didn’t need to copy anyone. Yup Henkells had a machine for a team.

[@AJ-np9fn]

Henkels bayern were so much better than peps, look how each manager dealt with Real and barca in the champions league

[@duncanblade]

the machine mentality of low block defending and swift , clinical counter attack would overwhelm any of Pep's teams. Its just that to sell "soccer" to the uninitiated, goal galore is the sell , not defensive 1--0 wins

[@christinemurray1444]

Jupp's style required players that were no longer there though. They could have rebuilt in Jupp's philosophy but they chose a different path and whatever you feel about it, he was very successful too.

[@brago_]

​@@duncanbladedo you like defensive wins more than attacking winning teams?

[@duncanblade]

@@brago_ Yup. I feel about not conceding, the way people feel about scoring.

[@vaiuuii]

And this is why I prefer Don Carlo to Pep. A coach should adapt to the players and what he has at his disposal, not impose something completely different that does not suit that particular team.

[@Santana105]

Where has Pep’s systems not worked? He wins everywhere he goes, with every team. Like Bastian said in the video, it’s not Pep who is the problem, it’s the coaches below who try to copy Pep but don’t have the knowledge to implement the system on players who don’t have the skill to execute it.

[@kk7324]

@@Santana105 Winning 1 UCL across both City and Bayern is laughable. Even more hilarious that he needed to spend 200 millions on full backs on the team that was already good enough to win titles.

[@AlanHinson]

@@Santana105 yeah he kinda missed the point, I’m a Chelsea fan and of course the new ownerships goal is to play like Pep’s City.. remember Tuchel’s Blues beat Pep 3x including a UCL Final… I’ve always been a fan of countering what’s popular style, how do you beat it? Bc you’ll always be 2nd best if you try to play exactly like the current best.

[@cybernexus4233]

​​@@kk7324 U dont understand how much luck a team needs to win ucl To blame pep for not winning more than ucl shows u dont care about context It is not pep's fault that players cant finish,get injured,refree errors, etc U can blame him for 2021 There are external factors that noone can control that 15/16 squad was very old and needed players who are young and can adapt to a style

[@kk7324]

@@cybernexus4233 ohh yes it is so dependent on luck that no team in history has won more than two times in a row. Ohh wait

[@kwazilucas]

He's right, Pep Guardiola style is not good to try to copy. A lot of countries now are failing in World Cups and unable to compete because they have been trying to change their own style of playing, the likes of South Africa, Brazil, Nigeria, and many more they try to copy European styles.

[@MrDvfdsv]

He's so right. Germany used to be a team that can have a high caliber opponent hold the ball for 55-60% of the time and then once in possession play a few sharp passes and all of a sudden have a scoring opportunity. Now the ball is passed around beautifully but neither scoring nor defending the own net is done productively.

[@mrmarkgor6604]

German football is built on the way Germans think in life and business: highly disciplined, solid teamwork and ruthless efficiency. That's why even when they have weaker players in some years, they still have a solid team that will make the QF or SF.

[@CanadaDan]

Having this with the Interstellar music in the background is fkn awesome

[@Jonathan_Jo13]

And there you go with kompany to Bayern with the pep mindset

[@Andy-bh8hw]

If Pep had stayed at Bayern, they would’ve won everything eventually. A very premature departure for sure.

[@janmejaysingh1742]

Germany used to build up with goal kicks and try to win the second ball . They were able to use overload to isolate when they had the ball followed by switching the point of attack . Out of possesion, they were counterpressing in the opponents half and used to man mark opponents in their own half while also setting themselves up for a quick counter attack .

[@concernedcitizens4110]

I have to agree with Schweini, Pep’s style is great when everything falls nicely into place but unfortunately that’s not the case most of the times. Sure you can dominate the league and the domestic cup but it’s definitely a different story once you’re playing a high stakes competition like the UCL or the World Cup. Bayern were the dominant force in Bundesliga under Pep but they already were long before he came. Heynckes already won the treble before him, that’s why I personally prefer the functionality tactic that implemented by Ancelotti and Zidane rather than Pep’s authoritarian possession tactic.

[@Walkerman606]

He's spot on. Football has lost identity because Pep has made people believe there's only one way to play football. No variety anymore. Or very little.

[@parkerdollar]

But PEP is not forcing anyone to follow his style, other clubs don't have to copy

[@Walkerman606]

@parkerdollar I agree. Maybe didn't work it the best, but people just try to copy now. Was the same when Chelsea won the league under Conte playing 3 at the back. Then almost everyone tried playing 3 at the back for about a year.

[@muhammadnasir8152]

I have stopped watching football or highlights altogether because of modern football and var. 5 yrs now. Its almost stupid to play football without top no 9. Why need false 9 when actual 9 can wins u games? Kinda boring wit just discipline without flair, prove is english football and brazilians such as romario, party nearly everyday but still give results. Players like berbatov whom occasionally smoke and not running much but matter when given the ball. I will say this again, barcelona is shit club that solely rely on brazilian foward to make it a big club and without pairing messi wit ronaldinho, that lil guy will never get the imagination to play beautifully. Just like how messi is given free role, previous generation players are way better performing as ballerz and keeping the beautiful game as beautiful, full wit unexpected creativity and intelligence in the game. Try teach ticky no trick taka at a small club with less budget and winning the league and show me its possible. Fergie buy unknown players and develope champions, not spending mega money and win championship. Stats only wins you games like baseball not contact sport, ask yaya toure why he didnt survive, that could be a definitive answer. Not a hater or mourinho fan, but hated football wit no striker and not differencing between good player and world class players. Even scholesy cannot tackles at the end of his career 😮, does not mean he does not know how to attack. Talents arent normally following order kinda players as nobody is perfect, but keeping all kinds of characters are much more challenging as well as rewarding. Hala madrid, money win you games not personal opinion i would say. Its a personal satisfaction to see guti zidane and ronaldo dominate barca. Deservedly so

[@kimolowo4364]

Ask Pep if he can do what Xabi Alonso did at Leverkusen

[@ycfretwork]

Lets see xabi can win the league almost every season. He’s just another leceister city story.

[@kimolowo4364]

@@ycfretwork No one can win the league almost every season, unless you're in Farmer's League

[@ycfretwork]

@@kimolowo4364 pep got 5 times in 6 years. In fact, german league is the most farmers like league with only 2 or 3 top teams dominating. Lets see xabi can do next year. Mark my words. I m not pep or city fans. It’s just a fact

[@TheGamer-sb3ry]

​@@ycfretwork lol pep had oil money.

[@muhammedkumail237]

​@@ycfretworkLeicester lost key players right after that season in Kante, Mahrez and so many more... Had they stayed one more season it would've been a different story. Hopefully that doesn't happen to Leverkusen, but let's see...

[@Kali-Ikigai]

Bastian!🙌👌💯 Thank you for your service to clubs and country.

[@Dr_Diaz]

Hansik flick was peak bayern Munich. I have never seen such a dominant team as them..maybe peps barca was on par with them

[@Idkexactly]

Heynks is waay better he humbled madrid and barça at their best Bayern 2020 was crazy but faced the weak versions of madrid and barça

[@mickmiz9521]

​@@Idkexactly Saying that Heynks humbled barca at its best makes sense considering the scoreline was very heavy with 7/0 in aggregate which made it look like it was a one-sided game but i wouldn't say the same for his game against madrid since he knocked them out on penalties and it didn't really look like he dominated them like he did to prime barca. 2 years later madrid would completely destroy the very same team/squad Heynks had built with 5/0 in aggregate (4/0 at Allianz) when Pep was the manager. Bayern 2020 never faced any version of madrid . last time they clashed (before 2024) was in 2018 when madrid would knock out bayern with a returning heynks as the manager.

[@Aleehondro]

@@Idkexactly this is the first year Madrid has faced Bayern since 2018 tho

[@caspeansea9619]

Hansi flick.?? Lmao Did you ever watch Jupp Heynckes Bayern Munich.? That was the peak of Bayern Munich in this modern football era.

[@Dr_Diaz]

@@caspeansea9619 lay down the bottle

[@saajeeb]

He nailed it, we don’t see that German football that we used to see in the past. True!

[@MiniUsyk]

Even saw clubs like Hearts trying to play Klopps high press under Stendel and failing and Hibs trying to play tiki taka under Maloney and failing.

[@Yourpropertiesguru]

If u can't switch back blame yr country not him. Brazil was same

[@nachsn2213]

I totally agree Pep destroyed German football because they lost the values which put German football on top. The National team got the most number of players from Bayern. But, it was a one sided affair where only Bayern won everything. Now, however, German football has become exciting with more teams capable of fighting for the Champions League and winning the league

[@ahmedshakib3883]

he came to bayern before he 2014 world cup , Germany were one of the favorites , they had a great generation and always were getting to the final 4 , funny thing is that when pep was with a team that had around 60 to 70 percent of the players in the national team , that team went on to lift the world cup.England have been to finals and semi finals.

[@Jabba-le-feminist-hating-Hutt]

Klopp played a large role as well Gotze scored the winner

[@Jon14141]

True, Spain & Barca as well

[@ahmedshakib3883]

@@Jabba-le-feminist-hating-Hutt Yes Klopp did do a great job , it was evident in the euro 2012 , Marco Ruess ,matt Humuls lots of good players.I think what has hurt germany is that the players they once had they have not been able to replace , Lahm was so crucial to that squad.

[@Chris24_]

@@Jon14141they were dominating football before Pep was even manager at Barca. They dominated Euro 2008 and that was the blueprint moving forward, that had nothing to do with Guardiola.

[@Youafool500]

@@Chris24_They lost Euro 2008, they were on the way but could not get to the ultimate victory, if you watched Peps Munich team, the level of play was amazing, if you think those Munich players got nothing from Pep then you are not very smart

[@fred-62]

They won everything before and after Pep, during Peps ternure they were humilliated in champions league

[@user-nt3de2kh8y]

They won only once since Pep left, same as Pep.

[@NoaMao]

The best example is the Japan match in the World Cup. If Germany used its traditional strengths in aerial duels and physicality, they would have won the game easily.

[@user-gb6wx4xv9y]

"If you can't beat them, join them" When Pep wins and others cant copy it, people start to build Sour theory.

[@victorgrainger895]

Very articulate and intelligent guy. Great player too

[@marvinbrando722]

Germany won in Brazil. That's after Pep

[@okpolee]

During pep. Pep got there in 2013

[@raheem201231]

@@okpoleeafter pep. Pep got there after the World Cup which was in the summer.

[@LGG97]

@@raheem201231no, Pep played the first season in Bayern in 2013-2014 The World Cup was after the humiliation in Munich against Real Madrid and Pep was the coach, it was his first season with Bayern

[@lordbottaro4549]

We have Managers in England getting sacked because everyone wants the to watch football “The Pep Way.” Unless you’re managed by Pep, you can’t play that way.

[@shalinka5923]

Pep always managed top end clubs with Top Tier players.. even clubs that had the financial strength to buy anyone they need.. So I still don't think Pep has made any thing different.. I'd rather Praise xabi alonoso than Pep..

[@janssensbaskoro]

Bayern 12-13 was just plain scary, I still have nightmares

[@joujoubroujou2186]

Pep Guardiola + Money$$$ = Cup Pep Guardiola + Not 🚫 Money$$ = nothing

[@sush139]

Pep's method only work when Pep is coaching ...

[@oluwaponlekudehinbu3100]

This guy should just hurry and be a Coach. He'll be a good one

[@lukebrown8580]

Pep’s football is painful to watch, let’s be real. It’s a fantastic system but it’s not boring

[@DMHR100]

Pep damaged Football in general.

[@alexanderr3098]

No doubt Bayern was the backbone of the 2014 German national team that won the WC and crushed Brazil. Jupp built that team but Pep was Bayerns manager at that point.

[@sunnyang6464]

Knew Pep is an OG the moment he put Lahm as DM…

[@Hanamy7777]

Peppy is a genius?? Tippy, tappy boring football. He failed at Bayern. No Champions League. Just that permanent sneer as he 'earns' £20 million a year.

[@mateorodriguez7498]

What? Pep joined Bayern in 2013, Bayern went on to dominate Europe, Germany adopted pep’s style of play and won the WC in 2014

[@emmanueliziomoh8244]

Exactly!!! Bayern played in the Champions League semis for the 3 years, won it and it reflected in German National Team.

[@kevinpillay6103]

Pep has his way and philosophy which has great results. He does his job but Bastian is right as the German national team has sufferred from it. They did forgo their core strengths.

[@FranklinNweze]

Heynckes style of play was the perfect style for Germany 🇩🇪 and Bayern ..Guadiola destroyed everything with his tiki-taka..since then till now is only 1 UCL

[@seetsamolapo5600]

That style had you winning the 2014 WC

[@180190ful]

Bastian’s got a point here and it helps that he sounds earnest too!

[@abdullahalzaher7275]

Well the obvious thing is that Pep changed football, some people like that change and some don’t.

[@rubensframbuesa]

No he didnt. Any good coach can replicate what he has accomplished with man city and still he doesnt dominate. Man city has 2 top ucl candidate teams in 22 top players. Grealish cant play or not working? enter foden. Kanji is not there? Enter stones. Oh haaland feels sad today, get in alvarez ,world champion. Pep is a top manager but didnt change the sport other than skipping financial fair play.

[@shahzadirani]

pep did not change football lol, all his ideas and tactics have been done before (total football by Cruyff, high defensive line from Arrigo Sacchi, having 2 equally good players for each position and rotating from Sir Alex Ferguson, two number 8s from Carlo Ancelotti, etc.).

[@lewismckenzie236]

That why nobody has replicated it in almost 20 years... His style of play was adopted by Spain to produce probably the most dominant national team of all time.

[@abdullahalzaher7275]

@@shahzadirani umm where are the number 10s midfielders that we all grew up watching and loving like Zidane, they don’t exist anymore why? How about more teams looking for keepers who can use their feet? How about more teams are adapting the high pressure tactic? Even what you said putting all these things together gives you a new thing

[@abdullahalzaher7275]

@@shahzadirani football of the 90s and early 2000s is definitely different than today’s football and Pep is the one with the most impact. I personally love that old football more

[@Cruciferaer]

I will never forgive Pep for what he did to that Bayern team.

[@mylifediary6164]

Football follows Pep. It’s that simple

[@zeded509]

And they won World Cup after Pep came in😂

[@AW-kr9fl]

Give me counter attacking, defensive, long ball football over boring tiki taka. Hate Pep’s style of play and his tactics.

[@scottishboer3126]

Same here. I hate how his teams play

[@notoredplague8277]

No Pep in Bayern = No Brazil WC. Please Bastian, please

[@NewWorldOrderFAIL]

This is a bad take. Pep was in charge of Barca, Spain won Euros twice & WC with heavy Barca influence. He was in charge of Bayern, Germany win the WC with heavy Bayern influence. Pep came to England and England start performing in the international tournaments, but City players didn’t participate so heavily. However his style and influence clearly has rubbed off to the other clubs and coaches in England which has contributed to the progress. Bastian is talking out of his backside.

[@Lang7]

It’s not a bad take at all. Schweinsteiger is right: anywhere the bald one goes, his uber-possession game begins to spread. Clubs abandon their own DNA to become cheap copies of Barcelona.

[@NotSoLiberal]

And that was clearly their downfall in UCL this year. Players not playing the obvious move in favor of keeping possession and being true to the style

[@jvjjjvvv9157]

It is not only a bad take, it is either ridiculously dishonest or ridiculously ignorant. The facts in the video are objectively wrong. It's not that Germany won the World Cup 'and then Pep came to Munich', as Schwensteiger says. In reality, Pep came to Munich AND THEN Germany won the World Cup. With a core group of players from Bayern, coached by Pep, by the way. Just as Spain had won everything earlier with a core group of players from Barcelona, while Pep was in Barcelona. The only thing that anyone can ever blame Guardiola for is that he transforms football wherever he goes in such a manner that after he's gone, often times clubs and national squads won't be able to really replicate what he did, and thus their performance declines. And I'm guessing that's what Schwensteiger really means to say, but it's just preposterous that he completely forgets the part where the reason why Germany won in the first place is because Pep was there (if you want to be fair, maybe not necessarily because of that, but at least the sequence is that Pep arrived and Germany won, not that Germany won and then Pep arrived).

[@martinmcmartinezface4243]

Spain won the 2008 Euro before Pep took over Barcelona.

[@Lang7]

@@jvjjjvvv9157 you sycophants really need to relax. Did he revolutionise the style of modern football? Yes. But he also had access to an incredibly talented squad of players, arguably the most talented in those respective leagues, in both instances. I’ll hesitate to mention a blank chequebook also, for your benefit. The downfall of those national teams is at least partly due to core players of those teams ageing out or retiring by the time of the following World Cup. After all, if they’ve won one then they already had the winning formula. Why would Pep moving to another country impact that? It’s not just a case of Pep leaving and suddenly those national teams (that he has no control over by the way) turn to shit overnight.

[@balasundar6599]

He would make a great manager

[@mattubaclig1203]

Absolutely correct. So many teams, regions, continents are losing thier character and DNA.

[@user-cj8kp5el3m]

Well said! He didn't say it that way for obvious reasons but simply put, Pep failed in Bayern & corrupted the German winning philosophy while at it. Bayern won the treble, including the champions league before he joined but he couldn't replicate that and Bayern winning the Bundesliga isn't an achievement

[@blueskyalchemist623]

The problem with Pep philosophy is that it makes everyone and their dog think everything has to be around possession, better xG, yada yada. There have been countless times that Pep lost in a big cup games against teams that counter that tactics. Ancelotti with Real Madrid beat him in UCL, Ten Hag with Man United beat him in FA Cup, and earlier on, Tuchel beat him in UCL Final. But for some reason, those wins are discounted by pro-Pep critics as “non-football”, “disastrous tactics” despite the fact that they all countered what Pep wanted to do.

[@emilarabkhanov5069]

I'll take Heynckes Bayern of 2013 over any of Pep's team any day of the week and twice on sunday

[@wilhelmgaier9586]

It was van gaal teaching Bayern munich and the German national Team through Bavaria Players to play soccer. Jup was doing the last steps.

[@samerfaraj3167]

Bayern best team in Europa 2014? Same team that got destroyed by Real Madrid 0-4 at home in UCL semi-final? Wake up ffs

[@user-dm4fb5qc7n]

bastian is one of my favorite player. i respect him a lot. but, he is just making pep a scapegoat for downfall. the Bayern management knew about his style, knew his philosophy. this is their fault, it is not pep. it is very easy to make someone a scapegoat rather admit mine.

[@shahzadirani]

You didn’t understand what Bastian is saying at all. He’s saying that while Pep’s style is great, it wasn’t imbibing some of the core German principles into it, hence they didn’t win the UCL and weren’t unstoppable under Pep. Whereas Pep has learned from that and now in English football while he started with possession based football, he has adapted and taken a leaf out of Sir Alex Ferguson’s book in playing a variety of tactics throughout the season depending on the opposition and also going with direct counter attacking football when needed (prime example being last year when City thrashed Arsenal and Haaland assisted KdB)

[@Jon14141]

@@shahzadiraniPerhaps

[@Plastique1982]

Pep was actually Coach of Bayern in 2013/2014 which did help Germany to win the World Cup as it gave the team another layer of quality.

[@irmanabdurrahman9328]

Bastian looks great as he get older😅

[@martifrey3357]

Styles don't matter, great PLAYERS win trophies!

[@offtopic521]

Pep came to Munich one season before Germany won the world cup so he has his timelines a bit mixed up

[@Kisyfurr]

Yeeees Gary. Lets get sam allrdyce in charge before the Euros start

[@ripsnorter21]

That’s happened in England? It has and you have started reaching semis of major tournaments. That’s an improvement.

[@AllahCanMakeYourDreamsComeTrue]

Strip pep checkbook manager of all the state united arab emirates money and he will not do what xabi alonso has done at Bayer Leverkusen

[@RedBloodedMale777]

Calm down Charles he’s better than your favorite coach

[@pablodiaz5014]

I remember the Austrians nearly ruined the Jamaican bobsleigh team

[@wungabunga]

Pep is boring. He would play robots if he was allowed.

[@K1NG_EDWARD]

Pep didn't destroy German football 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 German football clubs destroyed it all by themselves, by trying to imitate his philosophy. That's literally what bastien is saying.

[@DB-vl9ob]

100% Pep did what works. Why would he not. Its not his fault noone has excrypted his style. To this day. Why is that?

[@koreshsonkar3999]

Ahh.. loved his goals. Passing the ball to the right winger.. Running straight towards the goal.. & with the final pass in the box GOAL ! It worked everytime for him. Infact I tried it myself , it worked! Could feel the perfect play.

[@TATORULESFOREVER]

The worst Germany I saw was 2002 Rudy Phoeller s team. They had all the luck in the world that they managed to crawl into the world cup final. Then got schooled by Ronaldinho and Ronaldos Brasil. That was the best Brasil.

[@DB-vl9ob]

100% right. I feel like every team in the world except for Klopps Liverpool is trying to copy that. Its a desease.

[@YovaniBinuelo]

YES! Seeing that in our Mexican national team. We keep trying to play like europeans! No disrespect to that style of play, but its not our style. We used to play with grit and heart. Now its were trying to touch and move which barley even comes out right. Looking forward to a new Mexico when the older guys retire.

[@alexanderr3098]

Agreed !! The European style requires first and foremost most “young blood” young explosive players or absolute professional fully committed to their craft like Zlatan and Cristiano.

[@JohnSmith-wl2pd]

Pep destroyed football in general...

[@cookiecookie88729]

Someday, people will realize all the bad things Guardiola brought into football

[@Oslang]

Never knew Pep coached the entire Germany country

[@mandi4820]

How many leagues, not teams, leagues, try to emulate Sir Alex Ferguson? Debate over

[@sandrapatriciaoriguarios4589]

I don't think it is Pep's fault. Not every player can adapt to a certain style of play because not everyone has the skills to do so.

[@fernandocadena2625]

Its not worth being the best if u lose your identity in the process

[@timbaktuthankgod2737]

Epic analysis! Sitting in India, I realized it. Germans now play banal football. No longer that ruthless, smart, sharp, opportunistic Germanic style..

[@WalkingRandomly1983]

This is one of the reasons Brazil 🇧🇷 ever won another World Cup after 2002 , most of the players now they go to Europe with age of 18 and they adapt to European style and forget the joga bonito.

[@rsk47reviews59]

Theres a reason why Pep didnt win the champions league with Bayern. Bayern has their own style of play, and Pep tried to change it drastically, it just doesnt work. Germans already have their football figured out, they dont need to change anything.

[@theresearcher253]

The difference between Germany and England is that we had no 'DNA' to lose. I can only see benefits from Pep trained players turning up for Southgate (who is a nice guy, but an average coach at best).

[@hernanaa8620]

Remembrer Demichelis? Es otro imitador de Guardiola en River Plate de Argentina. Su gestión es muy mala en el equipo más grande de Argentina.

[@Sonuuuuuuuuuuuuu]

that's pep's so let only pep's team play that way, other managers should play their own way.

[@poovainemoodley6726]

Also, it's not publicised enought, Bayern kicked Pep out because of his doping practices. I really admire Bayern because they understand values are more important

[@tuquansing5606]

Germany was number one then before this coach taught Germany players in a wrong way which caused that Germany are lacking of a top attacking forward after 2014

[@goatplayer159]

Even if you are Bastian, you have to accept that football and life as a whole evolves dude. The quality of players you have now is not the same as before. Remember, the only constant thing in this world is change.

[@hoseamartin-luther8760]

That's not the point, even though you're right

[@cuecadelacut]

Not only german football, Pep ruined football for every european country

[@Malam_NightYoru]

and (almost) ruined brazilian football

[@user-nt3de2kh8y]

By being so good ?

[@user-nt3de2kh8y]

@@Malam_NightYoru Lol Brazilian has been ruined for ages, when you replace Ronado, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho with whiny prima donnas that's what you get, the hell is that Pep's fault ?

[@taliamason7986]

​@@user-nt3de2kh8yNo by completely destroying what historically always made each League or nation unique tactically.

[@user-nt3de2kh8y]

@@taliamason7986 Pep played his style in the clubs that he's managed, he didn't force the other managers to adopt his style, it's not his fault he's so good that lesser managers try to copy him, Germany hadn't won anything since 1996 with their unique style, Pep came they won a world cup he left they've won fuck all since, and what made England so tactically unique ? lmao kick and rush Allardyce and Pulis style crap football is very unique lol.