I am not a genius, I was chosen for coach Lionel Messi

Pep Guardiola, Manchester City president, insists that he is not a genius and partially attributes his sparkling training career to be simply in the right place at the right time.

Guardiola was the most successful coach in his generation, where he won the league title in Spain, Germany and England, as well as the Champions League on three occasions.

It is also attributed to a revolution in the game with the largest part of the teams all over Europe now mimics its favorite style of the series.

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Al -Katalani rejected the allegations that gave him a high position.

In an interview with Reuters“Do you think I feel privacy because I won a lot of titles? No! I forget!

“I feel this special is a doctor who saves lives. People who invented penicillin. This is a genius. I am a genius? Come on.”

Of course I am good – Guardiola

Guardiola’s critics point out the fact that he has always been blessed with overseeing good teams.

His first job was in Barcelona, ​​where he managed to say that the greatest player in all ages in Lionel Messi, before assuming Bayern Munich, the dominant club in Germany.

He moved to the city in 2016 and built an empire on the back of the club’s owners ’wealth.

Guardiola accepts this argument, to some extent, and says that his success could have been repeated by other coaches if they had the same resources.

He added: “I do not want to pretend to be modest: of course I am fine! Proved that for many years I am good …

“But the success I achieved, was chosen. In certain moments, to lead Lionel Messi and others, to be in this type of place where I made incredible teams … but the other managers, at the right moment, in this position, maybe they could do the same.”

Guardiola admits: I chose to suffer from a stressful life

The city’s duration ended for four consecutive titles in the Premier League last season, and during that time Guardiola Cut He was seen with self -scratches on his head on more than one occasion.

He was in the spotlight, either as a player or coach, for the best part of 35 years, but he insists that he will not get it in any other way.

“Tension is always because you are judged every day, but this is what it is,” he said.

“No one puts a pistol on my head as he forced me to choose this job. I chose it … there is no football professional that wins all the time, because it is simply impossible. Therefore, this happened last season … you accept it, improve, and you will learn and there will be a good learning for the future.”