totaalvoetbal
Full Member
He was refusing to renew and being stubborn and they tool matters into their own hands.
People also forget the luck that fell their way that year. They met a Barcelona side that even Real Madrid reserves without Cristiano Ronaldo were thrashing, a team that wasn't coached and a team with an injured Messi. In the final they got lucky thay Dante was in the pitch and should have gotten a straight red card.
Also the team had great motivation from the previous years failure and so all these things came together in a perfect storm. They had Shaqiri who believed he was fighting for a spot, Gustavo and Dante and Ribery and Robben fully fit most of the season.
Guardiola rarely had Robben and Ribery fit together at the same time, the only game I would say he was tactically out fought was the 4-0 loss at the Allianz Arena and that is specifically because he let the players do what they wanted.
The level of play Pep Guardiola achieved was higher than Juup Heynckes