Pep humble and respectful

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has commented on AC Milan's defensive approach at Camp Nou following a 2-2 draw in the Champions League.

The visitors could not have wished for a better start, breaking the deadlock right in the opening minute through Alexandre Pato, before Barca turned the score around with goals from Pedro and David Villa.
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And just when the hosts thought they had secured the victory, Thiago Silva silenced the Camp Nou with an injury-time header that forced the two clubs to share the spoils.

After the game, Guardiola talked about AC Milan's stuffy defensive performance, saying: "It is never easy to attack when their midfielders convert into centre-backs.

"If they have to defend in the penalty box, they do it. Milan have a lot of merit for this result.

"They reached our goal two-and-a-half times and they got a point. Pato would have left even Usain Bolt in his wake as he chased the ball for the opening goal.

"European teams like this reinforce even more what we have done."

The 40-year-old played down the negative result in their opening Champions League game and stressed there is a lot left to play in the competition.

"We had a good match and if we consider the 90 minutes, we see we had a good match, we closed down Milan, though there are things we have to improve," Guardiola noted.

"This is the first of six matches and we have five games ahead."

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che wrote:guardiola praises opponent = hypocrite, he's just pretending to be respectful in front of the press

guardiola criticizes opponent (this wasn't even a criticism but nevermind) = disrespectful, classless

halamadrid2 wrote:

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has commented on AC Milan's defensive approach at Camp Nou following a 2-2 draw in the Champions League.

The visitors could not have wished for a better start, breaking the deadlock right in the opening minute through Alexandre Pato, before Barca turned the score around with goals from Pedro and David Villa.
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And just when the hosts thought they had secured the victory, Thiago Silva silenced the Camp Nou with an injury-time header that forced the two clubs to share the spoils.

After the game, Guardiola talked about AC Milan's stuffy defensive performance, saying: "It is never easy to attack when their midfielders convert into centre-backs.

"If they have to defend in the penalty box, they do it. Milan have a lot of merit for this result.

"They reached our goal two-and-a-half times and they got a point. Pato would have left even Usain Bolt in his wake as he chased the ball for the opening goal.

"European teams like this reinforce even more what we have done."

The 40-year-old played down the negative result in their opening Champions League game and stressed there is a lot left to play in the competition.

"We had a good match and if we consider the 90 minutes, we see we had a good match, we closed down Milan, though there are things we have to improve," Guardiola noted.

"This is the first of six matches and we have five games ahead."

what happened to mr nice humble coach....oh yh forgot he didnt get the result he desired

che wrote:that's stating the fact, not criticizing... when the italian champions are defending for their lives for the entire game that speaks volumes about how much they're scared of barcelona, as guardiola said

Lord Spencer wrote:

If this is from Goal.com, then it is mistranslated.

He never said: "They reached our goal two-and-a-half times and they got a point", that was put in by Goal.com

He said that:"If Milan have to defend, they will. And they get merit for that "

The line I mentioned to be put in Goal.com was never mentioned in another credible site.

halamadrid2 wrote:but at the same time that isnt the face he shows in other games especially when they win against these types of oppositions

i remember when he questioned the offside call on pedros goal against us in the copa

its not hard to see the flashes of hypocricy he shows when his team fails

The Franchise wrote:This does show what we have done in these 3 years.

If as team as good as Milan have to defend in that way and could only create a few chances because of that, then it shows how good we are and how they are aware of that fact.

Mlan didnt defend like that against Lazio for a reason.

As always, people like you looking to invent crap. Normal people I think we see through your effort though.

halamadrid2 wrote:

Lord Spencer wrote:

If this is from Goal.com, then it is mistranslated.

He never said: "They reached our goal two-and-a-half times and they got a point", that was put in by Goal.com

He said that:"If Milan have to defend, they will. And they get merit for that "

The line I mentioned to be put in Goal.com was never mentioned in another credible site.

is this one better

link

halamadrid2 wrote:

che wrote:guardiola praises opponent = hypocrite, he's just pretending to be respectful in front of the press

guardiola criticizes opponent (this wasn't even a criticism but nevermind) = disrespectful, classless

you have to look at a team he praises though, like some time ago he said that i think almeria(not sure) was the hardest team he had met, now is that hypocritical or not??

"its hard when 5 or 6 mids are turned into cbs" isnt that criticizing

facepalm

halamadrid2 wrote:

The Franchise wrote:This does show what we have done in these 3 years.

If as team as good as Milan have to defend in that way and could only create a few chances because of that, then it shows how good we are and how they are aware of that fact.

Mlan didnt defend like that against Lazio for a reason.

As always, people like you looking to invent crap. Normal people I think we see through your effort though.

could it have been due to the fact they had a slow midfield and boateng was forced to get off

The Franchise wrote:

halamadrid2 wrote:but at the same time that isnt the face he shows in other games especially when they win against these types of oppositions

i remember when he questioned the offside call on pedros goal against us in the copa

its not hard to see the flashes of hypocricy he shows when his team fails

Why would he say that if we win the game? It wouldnt make sense. He said they had 2 and a half shots and point. Why would he say Levante had 1 shot and got zero points?

Why would you question an offside goal when you win a game? How would that make sense? Why would you bother to talk about it? Better yet, nobody will even ask you about it.

If someone asked him about the offside, it obviously would be in a game we didnt win.

This is common sense.

The Franchise wrote:

halamadrid2 wrote:

che wrote:guardiola praises opponent = hypocrite, he's just pretending to be respectful in front of the press

guardiola criticizes opponent (this wasn't even a criticism but nevermind) = disrespectful, classless

you have to look at a team he praises though, like some time ago he said that i think almeria(not sure) was the hardest team he had met, now is that hypocritical or not??

"its hard when 5 or 6 mids are turned into cbs" isnt that criticizing

facepalm

Because maybe they defended very well and we didnt look like scoring?

And how is that a criticism...he said its hard...it was hard..

The Franchise wrote:

How is having a slow midfield have to do with anything?

halamadrid2 wrote:

The Franchise wrote:

halamadrid2 wrote:but at the same time that isnt the face he shows in other games especially when they win against these types of oppositions

i remember when he questioned the offside call on pedros goal against us in the copa

its not hard to see the flashes of hypocricy he shows when his team fails

Why would he say that if we win the game? It wouldnt make sense. He said they had 2 and a half shots and point. Why would he say Levante had 1 shot and got zero points?

Why would you question an offside goal when you win a game? How would that make sense? Why would you bother to talk about it? Better yet, nobody will even ask you about it.

If someone asked him about the offside, it obviously would be in a game we didnt win.

This is common sense.

because apparently that isnt how barca invented football, have you ever seen any of our players criticizing a team for playing 10 behind the ball when we lose...never

why wouldnt you ask about offside since its not even allowed be it you win or not

by your logic if gyan had scored from that penalty kick it would have been stupid of the journalists to ask the ghanian coach about the obvious hand....now do you see the concept.

managers will always be asked to comment on controversial things, thats how football have been and will always be

The Franchise wrote:

So, when Barca beat Villareal 5-0 do you think anyone asked Pep about the possible penalty we should of had on Messi?

No, I dont think anyone did.

Madrid fans like you are pathetic. Feel free to continue on, as I said, I think normal people can see this is a load of rubbish.