Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur will play the final of the English League Cup on April 25, but before that they will face each other for the Premier League on Saturday, in the game 25 between their strategists Josep Guardiola and José Mourinho, a rivalry that turned 12 years old born ago.
In addition to the attractive on-field duel between Premier League leaders Manchester City and Tottenham, which is 14 points away, the real protagonists are Josep Guardiola and José Mourinho, who have met 24 times as strategists, with a small advantage for Guardiola. , who has won 10 and lost 7, in one of the greatest rivalries in today’s football in the technical direction.
Won with penalties
This rivalry started in 2009, during a difficult match between Inter Milan and Barcelona. And, without a doubt, he gave great showdowns as they faced each other as Barcelona and Real Madrid coaches in three intense seasons.
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Now they continue their showdown in England, without the same fury, but with the fierce memories of those duels of the past decade.
So far, Guardiola has defeated Mourinho ten times, with seven wins for the Portuguese, the last two in a row, since coaching Tottenham, which is Mourinho’s best personal streak in his matches against Guardiola.
We remember their five duels that started the rivalry
INTER 0-0 BARCELONA
Their first meeting as a coach was on September 16, 2009, in the group stage of the Champions League. Inter and Barcelona drew 0-0 in Milan. It was their reunion after meeting in Can Barça, one as an assistant to Bobby Rodson and the other as a player. It all started with mutual praise. “I hope Guardiola will remain Barça’s coach forever,” but in reality Mourinho had resented Guardiola winning the race for the Barcelona bench in the summer of 2008. The storm was about to begin.
BARCELONA 1-0 INTER
The fire starts. In the first leg of the semi-finals of the Champions League Inter won 3-1 with goals from Sneijder, Maicon and Milito, while Pedro scored against Barcelona. Mourinho lit the fuse: “For us, the final in the Bernabéu is an illusion; an obsession for them ”. The replay betrayed the scene known as ‘The Night of the Sprinklers’. Mourinho, despite a 1-0 drop, ended up in the race for the Nou Camp.
BARCELONA 5-0 REAL MADRID
The reunion between Pep and Mou maintains a curiosity that cannot be forgotten.
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The classics arrived in sequence and the rivalry grew stronger. That’s why the first half semifinal press conference was one of the rarest. Mourinho said: “Until now we had two groups of coaches, a very small one who doesn’t talk about the referees; and a bigger one that I am in and criticizes the referees when they make major mistakes. Now the new era begins, with a third group, it is only Guardiola: the group that criticizes the success of the referee, something I had not seen in the football world in my life. “
Guardiola’s press conference and his answer were left to posterity. “As he guided me, I will also do it. Tomorrow we will face each other on the field at 8:45 pm, off the field he’s already defeated me. I’ll give him his specific champions off the field, who he likes it and brings it to him In this room he’s the goddamn boss, the goddamn master and I don’t want to compete at any point I’m just reminding him that we’ve been together for four years. knows me and I know him. If he wants to stay with the friends of Florentino Pérez and the dairy, but I worked with him for four years. ”
Barcelona won 0-2 at the Bernabéu, with the controversial expulsion of Pepe. The return leg ended 1-1, with more controversy and Real Madrid’s elimination against Guardiola.
BARCELONA 3-2 REAL MADRID
One of the most embarrassing episodes of this rivalry. The first leg of the Spanish Supercup finished 2-2 and in the second leg Barcelona captured the title with a goal from Messi in the 88th minute. But at the end of the match, a confrontation on the benches ensues after a hard tackle from Marcelo, who is sent off the field. In the confusion, Mourinho put his finger in Tito Vilanova’s eye. Mourinho continued his show: “Pito Vilanova? I don’t know who this Pito is. Let whoever saw him or the fourth official speak.”Source