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#4: Adaptability to different leagues
After taking a one-year sabbatical from coaching, Pep joined Bayern Munich looking for new challenges. In Germany, once again, people had doubts over Pep’s ability to play in the Bundesliga; more so because of the physicality of the league and a need for a transition from his beloved Tiki-Taka to a more direct and fast-paced brand of football.
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Pep silenced his critics by winning the Bundesliga, DFB Pokal, UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup in his first year as manager! Such was Bayern’s dominance in the Bundesliga, that Manuel Neuer famously said that he didn’t need showers after the match as the ball barely reached him.
Not winning the Champions League with a team of Bayern’s prowess is probably the only thing Guardiola could lament in his otherwise illustrious tenure with the Bavarians (although he reached the semifinals on all three occasions only to be knocked out by Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid).
