Live Bar, December 2 News Recently, Kompany, the coach of the Belgian team Anderlecht, talked about the comparison between him and Guardiola in an interview with Eleven Sports. When he previously played in the Premier League, Kompany was the captain of Manchester City under Pep Guardiola, so the outside world will inevitably compare his coaching style with that of Pep Guardiola. In response, Kompany said that everyone needs to stop doing this.
Kompany said this: " The outside world needs to stop comparing me to Guardiola, because me coming here to coach is not to say that Anderlecht is going to become Manchester City. I have never said this, but Even so, things like this have always stayed with me. It bothered me that I was so close to Guardiola but it was difficult to reach the level he did."
"It makes our club different. Gotta be a little bit idealistic, but we didn't do it on the pitch. No one was talking about replicating anything. Guardiola borrowed from Cruyff at Barcelona and from what I understand, Anderlecht's academy. What the players learn is Ajax's experience."
"But it doesn't do any good for the club to have that argument and it doesn't reflect what we are doing in the end. Anderlecht's identity is what it is, it needs to be different from other clubs and we need to accept that "
" Football has always been like this and when Guardiola leads the team to win, every time. Everyone wants to play like him. It's like a religious belief. One wants to prove that everything is right, and the other wants to prove that everything is wrong. There is no absolute right or wrong. ."
"I know a way of playing that matches Anderlecht's history and we shouldn't forget that If I ask the players to shrink back and counterattack by defending and launching long balls. So what will I get? Even if I win the championship by doing this, my coaching here is meaningless.”
(Ma Dongyu)
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