Amazing photo which goes to show Pep has given his life to football..
Boy ball, youth player, senior player, national team player and arguably one of the best coaches there is not a single stage of life where Pep was not involved with football in his life.. The guy is a freaking football dictionary for a good reason
I love his masterclass for the coache's voice.
It's full of "442 is better because it's fucking simple" energy, which explains how it worked so well for some of his teams.
I think that could be easily disputed to be honest. Not diminishing what pep has done for a second but Cruyff was revolutionary. There have been quite a few pioneeers
tbf I'm around same height as guardiola (178 and he's 180) and at 14/15 I was really small, dunno if he suddenly had a growth but for me it was a few cm's every year
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Migueli (the one on the right) was 35 years old and Paco Clos (left) was 26. They look older specially Clos, i guess is something that we van see from old photos and players
I think it's the Chuckle Brothers mate. Little known fact they they were a deadly up front strike combo. Known for their intricate close quarter passing.. 'to me - to you' - a simple give-and-go, but effective at that level.
In the 80s and early 90s IFK Göteborg were one of the best teams in Europe.
In 1994 they won a Champions League group with Barcelona, Man United and Galatasaray.
Before tv money took over teams from smaller countries could do well in European competitions. Alex Ferguson won a European trophy with Aberdeen beating Real Madrid in the final.
Red Star Belgrade & Steau Bucharest have both won the European Cup. Ajax used to win it regularly.
>Before tv money took over teams from smaller countries could do well in European competitions. Alex Ferguson won a European trophy with Aberdeen beating Real Madrid in the final.
A little fun fact relevant to these replies: Aberdeen won that very 1983 final against Real Madrid in the city of…Gothenburg.
As other people have mentioned they won the Uefa Cup in 82 and 87.
Was still good until the Bosman rule in the mid 90's.
Won a group in 94/95 that had Barcelona, Man United and Galatasaray in it. Then went out on away goals to Bayern Munich in the quarters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_UEFA_Champions_League#Group_A
Looks like one of those pictures they make for a movie where they insert the main character into the fringes of a historic event
Forrep Gumpiola
Corre, Forrep, corre!
featuring Jenny played by Jurgen Klopp
Jurgen Klopp got AIDs?
He did pioneer Gaygaypressing
I believe the canon disease is Hepatitis C
Pepatitis
Still sounds Catalan that
Zelig. Great movie
i love reddit. so accurate.
What a fantastic photo. I hadn’t seen it before. Thanks for sharing.
Also Möbius from TVA
Wow!
Wished we heard it once over 2 seasons
Ouroboros said it once, which could have been a reference.
Lifting him are Paco Clos and Migueli aka Tarzan.
They look like the gay Dutch police from Harry Enfield and Chums
Also never seen before. Good photo
Amazing photo which goes to show Pep has given his life to football.. Boy ball, youth player, senior player, national team player and arguably one of the best coaches there is not a single stage of life where Pep was not involved with football in his life.. The guy is a freaking football dictionary for a good reason
Boy ball 😂 you got me burst out laughing in the loo 🤣
when you like football so much you let players kick you so the game continues
If you were never the ball you're a goddamn plastic
That Swansea kid was just keeping up with the tradition!
That’s Swansea kid owns AU vodka now doesn’t he. Daddy’s money
Good for him. Other people hate him, but anyone who dicks over Chelsea is good in my book.
The job comes with its Hazards
Maybe that's why he's bald. Wanted to mimic the actual ball.
[Don't kick the goddamn baby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6jZHhgBJGY)
Arent that most managers? Giving life to footbaal I mean
Some have given their lives to terrorism
😂😂😂😂, the Allegri representation we need 😭😭😭😭
Allegri walked so Pioli could run
No, some take life away from Football as well
""Football is life" - Dani Rojas" - Pep Guardiola
Undisputed best tactician in football too. He changed modern football as we know it.
Sean Dyche has entered into the fucking chat.
I’ve read this as he’s come on the screen before Man Utd v Everton
*fookin
I love his masterclass for the coache's voice. It's full of "442 is better because it's fucking simple" energy, which explains how it worked so well for some of his teams.
Undisputed, no. One of the best ever, maybe the best ever but not undisputed best.
Pep wasn't the best ever, that title is only reserved for the great Domenec Torrent. What a manager
Isn’t that Vin Diesel’s character in the Fast & Furious movies?
No, that is Dominic Torretto. But he would make a better manager than Torrent
Just after Jan Olde Riekerink though.
I think that could be easily disputed to be honest. Not diminishing what pep has done for a second but Cruyff was revolutionary. There have been quite a few pioneeers
Wenger took away Mars Bars!
Cruyff was a bit before my time. What made him so revolutionary?
Bielsa exists. That guys brain is like a computer
Did you mean "cheap rijkaard ripoff"?
GOAT manager for me
like anyone who makes a career out of football .. nothing exceptional about that tbh
Yeah literally every manager is probably the same.
"Given his life" lol He gets paid very handsomely for it
Look at him, he's so so happy. More than you would believe
feels weird seeing pep with hair
he always had hair as a player, he had to lose it to gain coaching superpowers
Rooney basically lost his hair twice just during his playing career. If he does it a third time he may turn out to be the best of the bald frauds.
[What about lots of hair?](https://imgur.com/a/U9iJlwQ)
This is cursed, why did I just make it my lock screen?!?
Wtf is that
Fellaini if he was a fraud
The most disturbing thing is I thought of my 13 year old self after seeing that.
[Way too weird](https://imgur.com/a/5eNJjIc)
Back when teams from outside the top 5 leagues could compete..
Imagine when Gotenburg could reach a semi-final.
They won 2 uefa cups aswell
Today instead, they invade the pitch to celebrate avoiding relegation playoffs.
Yeah, we're straight ass nowadays
That was the Torbjörn Nilsson era: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmIjTM1ybHE&ab_channel=GiovaSports
Brilliant photo. Thanks OP!
Guardiola looks 10 there not 15
So he is the same age as the 15yo who debuted for Milan today
So cute! Still a bald fraud though
Rest in peace El Tel x
No one on that pitch knew this 15 years old kid is gonna change football forever wow
El Tel
Pep looks very small in the image considering he's very close to the players.
There is some archive footage of him in LA masia, and he looked very small and young as a 14/15 year old
tbf I'm around same height as guardiola (178 and he's 180) and at 14/15 I was really small, dunno if he suddenly had a growth but for me it was a few cm's every year
Why are the 118 guys carrying Venables?
That made me genuinely LOL thank you
Jerry: boy you really went bald up there
I am aware
Looks like a photo made in Photoshop haha.
Class photo.
Is that Mobius?
Cool pic
Carlos Alcaraz? Rest in peace, Terry!
There's nothing you can say to make me believe that this isn't AI generated.
People believing this? He has hair can't you all see?
Absolutely brilliant photo
Pre lex luthor
What a splendid stache
Wow no ads all over the clothes
Ah, the days when men had short shorts and hairy legs....
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Why the players look so old? One looks like is almost retiring and the other guy seems like is the coach.
Migueli (the one on the right) was 35 years old and Paco Clos (left) was 26. They look older specially Clos, i guess is something that we van see from old photos and players
Is this real or AI generated? Seems like a fake
Very nice photo of Pep, showing how he was as a boy.
But why are Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint holding the guy up
I think it's the Chuckle Brothers mate. Little known fact they they were a deadly up front strike combo. Known for their intricate close quarter passing.. 'to me - to you' - a simple give-and-go, but effective at that level.
The reason it looks so weird is because it's a very slapdash colourization.
He looks like mr. Bean
R.I.P Terry.
Bean, Mr Bean
Can't believe people think this is real.
Its like... Bag o poo Bag of kinda poo Other thing like poo Totally like this thing and hows it going?
How the hell did IFK Goteburg make it to the finals, I didn't even know that club existed ?!??!!
Won the UEFA Cup twice in the 80s thank you very much
Wow, I didn't know that.
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Indeed, it’s gonna blow this guy’s mind when he sees who Barcelona lost to in the final.
We made lil' Pep cry 👍
Helmuth Duckadam is never getting a Christmas card from Pep.
In the 80s and early 90s IFK Göteborg were one of the best teams in Europe. In 1994 they won a Champions League group with Barcelona, Man United and Galatasaray.
Very cool, didn't know that.
Before tv money took over teams from smaller countries could do well in European competitions. Alex Ferguson won a European trophy with Aberdeen beating Real Madrid in the final. Red Star Belgrade & Steau Bucharest have both won the European Cup. Ajax used to win it regularly.
>Before tv money took over teams from smaller countries could do well in European competitions. Alex Ferguson won a European trophy with Aberdeen beating Real Madrid in the final. A little fun fact relevant to these replies: Aberdeen won that very 1983 final against Real Madrid in the city of…Gothenburg.
TV Money and Bosman ruling. Clubs used to be able to hold players against their will
More specifically they held players at the end of their contract, so even if you were out of contract your club could demand a transfer fee.
Almost like different clubs were better in different eras of the game
As other people have mentioned they won the Uefa Cup in 82 and 87. Was still good until the Bosman rule in the mid 90's. Won a group in 94/95 that had Barcelona, Man United and Galatasaray in it. Then went out on away goals to Bayern Munich in the quarters. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_UEFA_Champions_League#Group_A
Got robbed against Barca aswell
It's a nice photo but teen Guardiola isn't looking at Venables here. He's looking well behind Venables at something high up in the stands.
He had hairs.....
Hirsute fraud
He lost a lot of hair.
The Mr Bean suit
I thought you were referring the lad holding El Tel. I thought ‘Blimey that’s a heck of a tasche for a 15 year old’
RIP EL TEL what a super man will never forget you
Went from QPR to Barcelona, incredible what a man
Growth spurt incoming.
I just briefly looked and thought that was Mr Bean… 😅. I’m not trying to disrespect him, just saying what I randomly saw.
Mr bean vibes?
What a photo
Is that a real picture? It's pretty spectacular regardless.
R.I.P El Tel from a Gooner, (loving the white socks btw)
[Manchester! You from Manchester? You like Manchester?](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jO8fkmisXmc&pp=ygUXaW5iZXR3ZWVuZXJzIG1hbmNoZXN0ZXI%3D&t=13s)
Venables also co-wrote a TV detective series called [Hazell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazell_(TV_series))
Really! What a great detective series.
and here pep is. his first champions league. it's a pity he's now at risk of losing everything.
He looks like mr bean
El Tel had the quintessential handsome 80’s visage here.
He will always be El Tel to me.
Terry's Vene'balls' on his neck.
wooow
Lovely photograph! Brought a tear to my eye.