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Pep Guardiola cannot forget his first love, Barça. In an interview given to Che Tempo Che Faan Italian show, the Manchester City coach looked back in detail on his career. Asked about the opponent he would least like to face in the Champions League, the Catalan replied without much hesitation: “Barcelona“.
“The affection I have for them destroys me. I was born in a small neighboring town, it’s never easy to meet them”confided the 53-year-old technician. As a player and then a coach, the native of Santpedor spent, in total, almost 22 years under the Barcelona banner. A true fruit of La Masia, the football school of FC Barcelona, the play of Guardiola’s teams – even in England with Manchester City or in Germany with Bayern previously – is marked by the Barça identity.
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