Reinventing the wheel: How Guardiola revolutionized football
10:11, 29 May 2012
ATHLANTA. May 29. KAZINFORM Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola signed off in style on Friday, securing yet another slice of silverware for the Spanish club before embarking on his self-enforced sabbatical, Kazinform refers to CNN.
A 3-0 victory over Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish Cup final saw the all-conquering Catalan coach take his haul of trophies to 14 during his four-year tenure, and even if he decides never to return he will have left an indelible print on the sport.
His final match underlined his approach to the game; the manner of the triumph important as the result. Barca were 3-0 up inside 25 minutes as Athletic were forced to chase shadows, like so many teams that have gone before them.
Guardiola has built on Barca's pure football principles with a totalitarian approach to tiki taka, a style reliant on short passing and dynamic movement, and the results have helped an already successful unit transcend a higher plane.
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