Manchester City supervisor Pep Guardiola and Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta return a long method. The Spaniards’ relationship began in 1997 when Arteta signed up with Barcelona’s academy – fulfilling his idol and Barca skipper Guardiola. Their time as team-mates was short however a relationship had actually been created and continued when Guardiola made him his assistant at Etihad Stadium in 2016.
As the set prepare to go head to head when their title-chasing sides satisfy in the Premier League on Sunday, Spanish football specialist Guillem Balague takes a look at the resemblances and distinctions in between the set.
There is plenty Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta share.
On the pitch, their groups assault with 3 centre-backs and 2 main midfielders, they pester competitors to get the ball back when they lose it. They like to move the ball around with a high pace.
Their behaviour on the bench is comparable. They have plenty of enthusiasm and energy.
They both have a substantial capability to encourage gamers to do what they require them to do
They likewise like to intervene in what occurs on the pitch (with unexpected or fast replacements, modifications of methods) and in the team, without any worry of taking huge choices.
Both supervisors wish to be in control of whatever and battle to accept defeat.
They both were affected by Barcelona’s academy, La Masia, where their coaches made illustrations of what was going to occur in video games and how to figure out any issues
They are both sponges. Guardiola has, for example, taken lessons from chess and beach ball. Arteta has actually studied the stop-start sport of American Football, as football is going that method, to name a few things since of video assistant referees.
And likewise from the NFL, Arteta has actually been studying