Guardiola’s Talk: Our New Start Began in America and was Built on More Energy and Competitiveness
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is leading his team to Sunderland for a New Year’s Day match, agreeing in his vision that the positive transformation seen in the team’s ranks came during the team’s participation in the Club World Cup in America last summer.
Guardiola said: “When we played against Al Ahly, the problem wasn’t not winning, but that we were at the best level there. It was a holiday, so I said: okay, go on holiday, but I was annoyed because we were at our best level there; we had the best interaction with the new generation in training, and we reached the best level for competition.”
“The place where we were, Boca Raton in front of the beach, everyone was happy. We prepared many dinners, and there were many discussions about what we had to do next season, and what we must do. We wanted to continue that, just to stay the way we were.”
“After the discussion with Pep Lijnders, James French, Manuel Estiarte, Hugo Viana, and Txiki Begiristain, we turned around and said that something had changed. Something [you can feel].”
“Energy, energy, energy. We lost it last season. We started training better, and competing better.”
“This doesn’t mean you will achieve victory, but that you have the ability to recognize the team now. We have now achieved 8 consecutive wins. This is not easy, but we are competing in the same way we deserve to compete. We have to improve, certainly, but this perspective is the best.”
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