Soccer-Man City’s third-placed end could also be higher achievement than title win, Guardiola says

Guardiola sees trophyless season as progress, not failure

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Emphasises studying from defeat and setbacks

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Rejects exceptionalism, values staff spirit and journey

By Fernando Kallas

BARCELONA, – Manchester City supervisor Pep Guardiola described his staff’s first trophyless marketing campaign since 2017 as a season of progress and reflection, dismissing notions of failure and suggesting it could have been a higher achievement than a earlier title win.

“I want to suffer when I’m not winning games,” Guardiola informed Reuters in an unique interview. “I need to really feel dangerous. I need to sleep badly. I need that when the state of affairs goes dangerous, it impacts me… I need that!

“I’m angry… my food, it tastes worse… I don’t need to eat much because I need to feel that . Because if it doesn’t, what sense would it have? Winning or losing… We’re here in this world to feel different experiences, different moods.”

The 54-year-old, who has received 12 home top-flight league titles throughout Spain, Germany and England, spoke about final season’s challenges, which noticed City end third within the Premier League and fail to safe silverware in home or European competitions. It marked solely the second trophyless season of his managerial profession.

Guardiola rejected the concept the season was disastrous, as an alternative arguing that it could have been essentially the most useful of his tenure at City.

“You judge happiness if you win. You judge success if you win and win. And that is a problem,” he stated.

“I cannot choose myself or my staff due to dangerous seasons or good seasons… Maybe ending third in a season and by no means giving up in any other case you end tenth or twelfth, possibly that is a greater season than once we received the fourth Premier League in a row.

“We confronted so many difficulties that had been larger as a consequence of accidents, rest, I used to be not ok… for a lot of causes. Maybe the evaluation about my interval is that the final season was higher. Qualifying for the Champions League once we had been on the verge of not getting it.

‘WINNERS ARE BORING’

Reflecting on setbacks, Guardiola quoted former Uruguayan President Jose Mujica: “Success is how many times you stand up when you fall down.” He added: “Fall down, stand up. Fall down, stand up… That is the biggest success.”

“Winners are boring,” he stated, including that he at all times seemed ahead to post-match interviews with gamers and coaches from shedding sides. “It’s nice to see the losers. That is when you really learn.”

Despite his exceptional file, Guardiola dismissed any notion of exceptionalism. “Do you think I feel special because I won a lot of titles? No! Forget about it!” he stated. “I feel that special is the doctor that saves lives. The people who invented penicillin. That is a genius. Me? Genius? Come on.”

“I don’t want to pretend to be humble: of course I’m good! I’m proving that over many years I’m good… But the success I had, I was chosen. In certain moments, to lead Lionel Messi and the other ones, to be in those type of places I made incredible teams… But other managers, in the right moment, in that position, maybe they could have done the same.”

Looking forward to the upcoming season and the Club World Cup, Guardiola emphasised the significance of staff spirit. “Play good. Create a good vibe, good team spirit… Try to make the new players bring us an energy that we need to lift the team again. And at the end, we can lift trophies,” he stated.

Guardiola additionally mirrored on the pressures of public-facing jobs with fixed scrutiny.

“The stress is at all times there since you are being judged each single day, however it’s what it’s,” he stated.

“Nobody put a gun to my head forcing me to decide on this job. I’ve chosen that… There is not any skilled in soccer that wins on a regular basis, as a result of it is merely unimaginable. So, it occurred final season… you settle for it, enhance, study and there shall be good learnings for the longer term.”

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