Pep Guardiola came into Bayern Munich this year saying that he was NOT going to completely transform Bayern into the German Barcelona. However, after their Audi Cup performance, we’re seeing a very different story. The list of what we’ve seen so far: dominating Barcelona in possession (the first time that has happened to them in 5 years), quick one-twos through the middle, a majority of attack through the middle and a high defensive line. Pep has even taken it so far, that he used short corners against Manchester City, even with the dominant height advantage. Whether the inclusion of Baycerlona is something good for the Bundesliga, it’s not good for a top striker who is used to playing the exact opposite.
The story started off against Hamburg:
Mandžukić does not find it worth his time to attack the player receiving the ball from the throw in, while Pep wants players to challenge every play. We saw a similar situation unfold in Barcelona, when Zlatan Ibrahimović had the same lackadaisical attitude at times. Zlatan felt like it was better to save his legs for attack, than to chase after every ball in the back. Zlatan’s playing percentages that have worked for him year after year, while Pep is trying to instill a system requiring an “ALL IN” attitude from every player. Sadly enough, it looks like the same problem is about to arise at Barcelona.
Luckily, Mandžukić backed up his attitude by putting in all of these:
Mandžukić vs Sao Paulo
Mandžukić vs Manchester City
Mandžukić vs Barcelona
Like him or not, Mandžukić is a natural goal scorer. His success hinged on the fact that Bayern loved to attack, and Mandzo got a lot of looks. Mandžukić’s success also stemmed from the fact that when he touched the ball, he had a high probability of scoring or just putting the shot on frame. With Pep, Bayern are facing a lot less wing play, a more patient attack and mounting frustration for a striker who is used to a more voracious attack. Fortunately, Mandza is stilling finding ways to score with less looks. Unfortunately, Pep has a bad history with players (especially strikers) from Eastern Europe.
The situation is a ticking time bomb. Mandžukić is going to need to keep scoring consistently throughout the year so that Pep does not have a reason to bench him. Once Mario starts slumping, watch for sparks to fly!
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Bayern is not going to get rid of Mandza. At least not this summer. He will play even if he doesn’t start at times. Quality sides like Bayern need and require deep benches.
@TheGoldenChild
Juventus needs to work on the midfield and D. Passing was awful but again on vacation in California so you gotta give them some slack. I still think they can repeat as champions.
@Adame
We’ve been busting our asses this week trying to keep up with Real Madrid and Everton training sessions to get interviews. Sorry about all that. We usually post those smaller things on Facebook or Twitter.
@juventus supporters
They looked like absolute garbage today against the Galaxy. It was bad. Their strikers are set, but I don’t see them taking Serie A this year.
Isco didnt look so good today.
@ Matesic method
I am looking forward to watching BM play this year and how Pep will change it up. I could see Mando do well at Arsenal but that team needs to spend. Last few years they have been disappointing on the field.
@ u boj
Agree totally.
If I was Arsenal I would bid 20 million pounds and make it happen.
SMM is a champion something that the emirates have not run out on the pitch in years. With all the wingers and attacking midfielders Mandza would have field day.
He scores big goals in big moments.
Liverpool is no brainer as well.
Hate to see him on the Bayern bench because his skill set his no longer valued. As if goals are not important.
What if pep is holding on to an obsolete system?
Why all this talk of Mando leaving Bayern?? Nothing is final yet regarding his role or play but if he leaves I pray it is not for Juventus. I doubt he will fit into that teams play. With his physical/strong play he would do well in the EPL.
@ziva delac is young of course a top team is gonna buy a player like him then loan him out so that he gets more playing time and get better they’re probably going to do the same with perica. Just because you never got to be on a team nor will you ever, give them a chance they’re young and have talent
Croatia beat Italy in the waterpolo game for the third place. The ref was terrible but they beat the Italians nevertheless.
Hungary won Gold.
Gregory Sertic played 90 minutes today in their loss against PSG. It was the supercup game(champion against cupwinner) in France.
Sertic played a very decent game.
@ Faux
It looks like old man Pirlo role.
Which I think a Modric in his prime his more dynamic. Like you said he was attacking at will in the EPL which is the fastest league in the world.
Isco is the real deal and Ozil starts for Germany.
I want to see that Modric that was lethal around the extended box area.
Like you mentioned he looks good physically so that will be a bonus. I don’t mind Modric shining for Hrvatska and playing solid for Madrid. We could not afford it the other way round.
Speaking of old men, what do you think of kaka ? Majke Boze these brazilians hit 30 and fall off a cliff! I have never seen a class Croatian player fall off like that?
what was the score of the RM vs LAG game ?
on the juventus `rumours’.. someone asked if there was any weight to them.
well, were there any rumours at all? i thought a couple of threads back someone just chucked out a comment `juventus would be good for SMM’ and we’ve taken it from there! lol..
@Matesic Method:
What did you think of the sneak peak of Modric and what you can assume will be his role under Ancellotti?
Jebi ga. Let Mandza take his new Audi and drive off to a new team that needs a stud #9.
By the way didn’t the Bayern Mercedes run through the mali pepe team last year?
@ Ziva
Once again the Modric hate rears its ugly head.
You have ever had a blow to the ribs that instructs your breathing ?
Or was that during the Cleveland little league game that forced you into the basement that spawned the alter ego that is Ziva Istina !
@Ivica
You keep missing the point. Juventus is not the team for Mario and he would not see regular play. Plain and simple, no matter how hard you try to tell us otherwise or manipulate what I have said. If they really needed him they would get him. Last time I checked Juventus was worth around 700 million, I think they have the cash.
@ Ziva Istina
RE: Subasic being Plete’s replacement…
That might happen, but only by default. I haven’t seen Subasic play last year, but if he hasn’t improved DRAMATICALLY since his Hajduk days, there is no way he will be making any transfer to a big club. He was a very poor goaltender and he’ll be lucky to remain as Monaco’s #1 if they finish the 13/14 season with a Champions League spot for next year.
Speaking of goaltenders, I just read an article that Dinamo’s new Polish goaltender will not be getting the start over Oliver Zelenika just yet. This is good news, as Zelenika has shown some solid flashes of quality on Cro’s U19 squad as well as in these recent CL qualifiers.
I’m hoping this kid continues to develop and remains as Dinamo’s #1.
@F1
You keep missing the point.
I’m not debating whether or not Mandzo is a more complete striker than Tevez or not. Yet you seem to default to that as your argument as to why Mandzo wouldn’t start for Juve. Simply put, if Llorente can start on that team, than Mandzo most definitely can.
As for Juve being a team that would buy anyone if they wanted to… they are not that type of team anymore. In recent years they’ve been making relatively shrewd, smart buy moves (Tevez for 12M, Vidal for 10M, Pirlo as a free agent, Llorente as a free agent). Actually, Tevez wasn’t even their first choice during this summer transfer period. They were gunning for Jovetic, but we easily outbid by ManCity. They were also outbid by Arsenal for their second choice in Gonzalo Higuain (who themselves were outbid by Napoli). In 2012, Juventus was serious about Mandzo, but just like this past summer, they were outbid.
What are Pep and Munich gonna do with Lewandowski if he goes there next year?! I don’t see him fitting in with Pep either.
Maybe Madzu to Dortmund would be good.
They’d provide some nice service for him.
LOL #Fail
Adame says:
Perica to Chelsea, Rakitic is captain in Sevilla, Ante Rebic was called up by Stimac, Vrslajko to Geneoa. Lots of stuff this site has been missing.
@ Faux Cro
Hamburg/Bremen/Wolfsburg would all be a step down for Mario. Once he has reached the level of Bayern, he has to stay at that level at this stage in his career.
Yeah definitely seeing him at Real, it’s a good system for him. They need a striker type player, the only other being Benzema, and I could see Mandzu getting a lot playing time.
Anyone have a ling for the dinamo- split game.
Anybody have a link for the Dinamo game?
@Croatia vs. Antwerp:
Do you see SMM @RM?
He would actually have to have wingers willing to pass to him.
I think he would do best at another Bundesliga team.
However, Dortmund/Leverkusen don’t need him and it is huge step down in pay after that.
Hamburg/Bremen/Wolfsburg would be great,but I don’t know if the finances are there.
@Ziva/Capitals
I just watched the 1st half of the LAG/RM game.
It didn’t look like he was crying. It looked like he couldn’t breathe. Those type of rib/abdomen knocks literally knock the wind out of you.
It looks like Modric is hitting the weights. He is ripped and his legs are huge.
When I watched Modric at Spurs it looked like he was playing a pickup game in which he could do whatever he wanted whenever he wanted.
It was less so last year with Real Madrid, and it looks like Ancelotti is going to have him play even more of a reserved/defensive role.
@Luka Modric;
Nice of you to check in. Sometimes when I am in a bind, I also ask myself “What would Ante Razov do?”
The relationship between Mandzu and Pep has reached boiling point…
He won’t be a starter in Pep’s system. Guardiola wants to play with a False Number Nine–which Mandzu is not. He will likely use Goetze in this position.
Mandzukic is better off leaving the club before the transfer window closes. It’s rumored that Chelsea and Real Madrid are monitoring the situation.
I can see him getting more playing time under these two clubs. Mandzu would fit well in their respective systems as there are wingers and attacking mids to supply passes.
http://www.jutarnji.hr/-mandzukic-je-beskompromisan—bayern-mora-reagirati–nijemci-o–sukobu-hrvatskog-napadaca-i-guardiole/1118046/
Hrvatska beats Italy 10-8 in 3rd place game of world water polo championship.
@Poglavnik
No truth at all to this Juventus talk as mentioned previously they are stacked and BM is the best fit for mandzukic. This reminds me of all the jelavic talk on this site when some were saying he should be with Manchester United and now the poor guy is having trouble starting with Everton!
Good for Subasic and good for Hrvatska, hopefully…
i just turned on the tv in the fortified basement and notcied Monaco is playing Spurs. If there is one cro player who really needs a good year to set himself up for the future its serb Subasic. For now, it appears Monaco will go with his as their first choice GK. I am somewhat surprised they didn’t get a more experienced GK considering all the other money they spent on the roster. So, if he has an outstanding year he could secure himself a nice future at either Monaco or a bigger club. Plus, Serb Subasic would set himself up as Pletikosa’s replacement with the repka.
Is there any truth to these Juventus rumors?
I’m pretty sure they’re stacked at striker right now.
Mandza is in the perfect place with Bayern.
But lets not go overboard with him. If we drew up a list of the top 10 forwards in the world he doesn’t even come close to making that list.
He is a product of the Bayern system from last year.
Disregard the second line. iPad.
@ivica
@Ivica
Prove what? LOL
Mario does not have the technical ability like Tevez or Vucinic. Your wishful thinking is funny about this trio. Plus playing alongside Tevez brings its own challenges.
If Juventus was serious in buying Mario they would of. They have the money. If they bought him he still would not see regular playing time. Not good for him. He needs a team that will play him consistently.
Thanks for your concern.
Luckily I was in Los Angelas and I thought to myself.
“Self, What would Ante Razov do?”, so I stopped crying like a girl and got up.
@Capitals 55:
LOL. Thanks for spoiling it for me, I was just about to fire up the DVR.
saw that… modric looked like crying girl
Off topic but I watched the replay of the Real Madrid / LA Galaxy game last night. Not sure if it was mentioned before or not, but was I the only one that almost puked and shit myself at the same time when Modric went down late in the first half. He was hit in the ribs with what looked like an elbow and when he turned around it was obvious that he couldnt breathe. He had a look of panic on his face and grabbed his teammate to help him as he was struggling for breath. It was a scary couple of seconds because the elbow wasnt that noticeable at first. Anyway, he was off for a few minutes and was able to get back into play. After I caught my breath and checked my underwear, things were back to normal, but him going down is no fun, especially after the Scotland game.
@F1
Yes, they can score very effectively from 20 yards out, whereas Mandzo is better at scoring from 6 yards in. Thanks for proving how well they can all work together to form an excellent trio.
Just because you have a couple of wingers/second strikers who are good enough to score a lot of goals, doesn’t mean you don’t need a center forward.
During their preseason, Juve fielded all three of Vucinic, Tevez, and Llorente. If Mandzo were on Juve, he would replace Llorente.
There’s a reason why Juventus was interested in Mandzo after Euro2012. Unfortunately for the modest-spending Juventus, Bayern came in with the highest offer.
@Iggy—–btw Iggy, i find it really annoying how you use the word Hrvati wrong, the singular form is Hrvat.
“Who was the last hrvati to play with Chelsea? Mario Stanic? I can’t remember any more recent.. ”
___—____****Who was the last ___hrvat___ to play with Chelsea****
OR
“Who __were__ the last ___hrvati___ to play with Chelsea”
that’s all been mentioned in previous threads actually, some of those things multiple times
Perica to Chelsea, Rakitic is captain in Sevilla, Ante Rebic was called up by Stimac, Vrslajko to Geneoa. Lots of stuff this site has been missing.
@ sensation
Mario has scored everywhere he has been and will score everywhere he goes. It is in him to attack that ball and put it in the net. He will shine with Croatia and be on a good club team.
Pep has to find the balance between innovation and implementation.
If anything Mario may learn a couple new skills and keep it moving.
Isco is good and Modric may be playing the Pirlo role. He too will land on his feet.
No worries mate.
@Ivica
Tevez and Vucinic are amazing. They don’t have to play deep they can easily score 20 yards from the net. That is the difference and that is why Mario won’t cut it at Juventus.
Mario is amazing but Juventus is not the right fit. Yeah he will start on the bench.
I feel bad for Mario and we do need him big in brazil since Eduardo and jelavić… U know. Hoping for modrić back to EPL considering özil, essien, Alonso and word on the street is that isco is a beast. Khedira sucks. I think Luka can last in la liga bc he plays his natural role.
Bale is gifted physically without a doubt! with the right manager and system he could potentially, when it’s all said and done, barring serious injuries; be the second best lefty ever.
because he’s a tranny
as for the goalkeeper do u mean mark bosnich? he played for MAN U i dont think he ever played for chelsea.. he was really good before cocaine and hookers caught up with him
why does iggy keep calling Ziva a tranny ????????
@F1
Yes, Juve is stacked…Stacked with a couple of excellent forwards in Vucinic and Tevez who don’t play as deep a position as Mandzo.
Mandzo’s only real competition is Llorente (now that Matri is on the way out), and I don’t even think Juve paid a transfer fee for him. Llorente is decent (though he had a nightmare season last year), but he’s not better than Mandzo. If Juve bought Mandzo, he’d be a starter.
Mario do well at Juventus. This is ridiculous. Juventus is stacked and he would never see regular playing time. Even Juventus youth team is solid with up and coming strikers. He needs to play consistently and with Juventus he would see more of the bench.
Such a champion
@Poglavnik:
I am surprised about Dempsey.
I will take Bale over Neymar & Suarez. The fee is ridiculous but that seems to be the norm. Every team wants a clean cut ,well behaved goal scoring speed demon. As a result his asking price is high.
Suarez is like Balotelli. You never know what kind of shit he is going to pull. Although he is a hell of a player.
Neymar is an unproven lightweight. He could do well, but who knows. Brazil is not La Liga or the Champion’s League. Time will tell.
@Iggy:
Wasn’t the Aussie Cro goal keeper a Chelsea player?
@Ziva:
Pep and FCB did have a great spell.
But so did Bayern.
Three Champion’s Leagues Finals including 1 victory.
Plus all the domestic hardware from those years.
Bayern wasn’t exactly struggling before Pep, and they did it on a relatively small budget.
Mandžo would do well at Juventus. I wish they bought him. Even his nickname would work well over there.
@ Poglavnik
Wow. Is that a move to be close to home in prep for the World Cup ?
Manzdukic is a beast and does need to genuflect to the Mali spanjolac. He is a hunter for big game, not a rabbit fretting about.
Arsenal should put a bid in. When is the last time they had a #9 produce the real goods in big moments.
It’s time like this when I realize that it will always be Hrvati prvi and club drugi.
Looks like USMNT captain Clint Dempsey is going to the Sounders. Move could be finalized as early as Saturday.
not JUST spaniards i should say, plenty of nations involved but the talk is that by and large it was mainly spain who would suffer hence them covering their own trails.. fucking cuntfucks
for those who dont know whatim talking about:
http://www.afp.com/en/news/topstories/ioc-deplores-ruling-destroy-spain-doping-evidence/
this is the spanish legal system INEXPLICABLY destroying all the evidence of hundreds of spanish athletes drug cheating
its basically a known thing there were high profile footballers involved from spain’s NT
“If Perica plays one game for Chelsea in the EPL I will buy a random person who posts here a flight to go watch a game.”
Ziva, u failed to time limit this proposition, so if Perica becomes a superstar in 10 years and is playing with Chelsea im expecitng those plane tickets to be donated to the site buddy
Who was the last hrvati to play with Chelsea? Mario Stanic? I can’t remember any more recent..
Also on Spain,t hey didnt cheat in euro the refs were dicks and as always are afraid to rule against the big teams (we see this all the time).. because they dont want to be the ref that knocked the world and euro champs out etc.. refs are fucking cowards like that.. BUT
there is also plenty of talk about the spanish NT and drug cheating from all the cunts involved in tour de france and why the fuck was all the evidence destroyed in that spanish trial other than to save their own athletes? apparently its behind the scenes pretty well known that spain has been cheating (i mean doping) in many sports for significant amount of time..
yes its rumour at this stage Ziva before you get your pink panties in a knot (and i know 100% u will come out and defend spain because u like to play cunt, i mean devil’s advocate on this site), but then again remember with the wimbledone withdrawals i said at the time rumour is a lot of these players w/drew because of drugs and that turned out to be correct also..
where there’s smoke there’s fire u kinky tranny ziva
translation = spain are most likely a bunch of fucking cheats, or at least had been prior to that “ferrari” cunt or whatever his name is being thrown to the legal dogs
Basically they’re making Tottenham an offer they can’t refuse.
Much like the rumours of PSG throwing 250 million at Barca to activate Messi’s release clause.
Are those 2 players that much better than the rest of the superstars of world football? I think not.
It’s a joke because Madrid are the only team offering such a ludicrous amount for a player.
Would you say he’s twice as good as a player that scored even more goals than him and who steven Gerrard calls the best player he’s ever played with?
What happened to the so-called “financial fair-play?”
Madrid are just trying to one-up Barca’s signing of Neymar.
So realistically, or according to market value which is all that seems to matter to you, Bale is better than Suarez and Neymar combined?! Fuck that!
Becks is German for beer right?
Poglavnik says:
Bale’s fee is a joke!
I could totally see him struggling in Spain.
Even in England he’s gone through dry spells.
No way is he worth twice as much as Luis Suarez.
When Suarez’s head is right, I’d take him in a heartbeat over Bale!
Why is it a joke? His price is what the market will bear. Someone is willing to pay x for Bale and only y for Suarez. In this instance, your opinion of either player is irrelevant.
HAET – Are you ok? You get counseling or something lately?? I thought you would like to take it up the ass by a white mans beer not a colored (brown people) Mexican beer.
I dont alwats take it in the ass but when I do I prefer Dos Equis.
@elmo……..that is not cheating, that is the ref being afraid to blow the whistle.
So, by your logic we cheated against Ireland (missed PK call for them).
@The Most Interesting Man In The World………..the question is, would ziva talk to you?
Bale’s fee is a joke!
I could totally see him struggling in Spain.
Even in England he’s gone through dry spells.
No way is he worth twice as much as Luis Suarez.
When Suarez’s head is right, I’d take him in a heartbeat over Bale!
I don’t always talk to ziva, but when I do, I prefer Dos Equis. Stay thirsty, my friends
clothes lining corluka in front of the goal. Did you forget?
@elmo……..how so? How did Spain cheat?
Real would let him go for the right price. The rumored figure is not even close.
Spain? a team that had to cheat to beat us.
How’s this for change:
Recent poll from Spain’s Marca sports magazine…
“Would you include Modrić to secure Gareth Bale’s arrival?”
73% say “NO”
So much for all that bust talk. Moyes is dreaming if he seriously thinks Real would let go of Modrić.
Zdravko, is that really you??????
I’m coming to Cro in a few days. Hope to see you soon.
Hallo, americans of the croatia everyone, I have shown you what the trick is for success and soccer history. When I am barely able to scrape 3000 people into the stands at pennies a ticket, and am 3rd in league attandance, the trick is to hire 3rd and 4th rate no name soccer players from brazil and african leagues. That my dear americans of croatia is the secret of soccer history, as well as lots of arms around player pics. tootaloo.
@klokan……I’d love to eat my words as well. I usually root for cro atheltes to succeed unless they are dicks/assholes. Teams like Chelsea buy these type of players all the time, stick them in their youth system for a year or two, then loan them out and if they develop they will bring them back. Perica could have gone to Dinamo but he refused to be loaned out to Lokomotiva.
I agree with that comment. I am sure Mandza is thinking that. But, if he is committed to the team, he will also see that Bayern has brought in a coach who was won multiple titles and crafted a system that was almost impossible to stop.
At the end of the day, if Mandza doesn’t like it, he can ask to leave. I am sure there will be plenty of teams willing to overpay for him. Last year, he was in the right place at the right time. It was the perfect system and set up for him. If he goes to another club I don’t think he comes close to matching his level of play at Bayern. I believe he is a product of the Bayern system.
I’m happy for Perica especially cause his a Zadar boy but I’m with Ziva on this one, I really can’t see him playing for Chelsea, at least not anytime soon. But hopefully he makes me eat my words.
@Ziva
I agree. It was late, and it was easy to draw a comparison…so I went for it.
Pep does get the benefit of the doubt because he is a proven winner. On the other side of the coin, Bayern had a Barcelonaesque season last year with a proven goal scorer in Mandza. This is the exact problem that we’re running into: Two ways to play the game (that both work very well) trying to mesh with each other.
Mandza was Bayern’s top goal scorer last year (4th best in league), and he sees his job on the team fading. Like any stubborn striker he thinks “why change a system that worked for us, won us multiple titles, and made me the star”
Goalies to develop later, that is true. But, in the few times I have watched Delac there is nothing in him that siggests he will be a top-tier GK.
His biggest mistake has been going to to clubs where he has not played.
And did Barca struggle when those players left or were forced out as you claim? No.
I have no clue if Bayern is going to win the CL again. History says no. They may not have won it standing pat and doing nothing. But, I credit Bayern for trying to get better.
Pep = 4 seasons at Barca, winning 3 league titles, 2 spanish cups, 2 champions league titles and two semifinals appearances. all thogether, he won 14 titles in 4 years at barca. not bad. Yeah, you need talent to win. I am the first one to say that. But, there have been plenty of coaches who had talent and couldn’t win.
Ziva Istina says:
@anonymous……ahh, but my same crystal ball also said Delac would never play one game for Chelsea either.
He’s 21 years old, lots of time to realize potential….
Fuck Spain and the most boring dynasty in football history!
They’re the New Jersey Devils of football.
Sorry Devils fans…
Pep is overrated. Barca was one of the top in Europe before him, he was just lucky to get all those players in their prime. Number 2 the man cannot deal with egos. He has forced so many players out of Barcelona because they don’t listen to him like the La Masia graduates. He forced Ronaldinho out (which I agree was on his downfall but he is still Ronaldinho) Probably the best striker in the world at that time Samuel E’to who Barca were incomplete at after his depature. Lets not even talk about Zlatan who had a really good first half of the season with Barca, but little magician Messi wanted that central role and he got it. Same thing happened with David Villa moving from striker role to winger role.
Bottomline is Pep will be the downfall of Bayern. I do not know how he is going to deal with the egos on that team and I am sure him bringing Thiago hasn’t sat on the players too well. The reason being probably Bayern’s most underrated player Luis Gustavo is being forced out of the squad due to Thiago’s arrival.
Man is a cheater also. Took steroids during his playing career. Sure he dove a lot too.
BRING BACK JUPP
@anonymous……ahh, but my same crystal ball also said Delac would never play one game for Chelsea either.
@Ziva Istina
If Perica plays one game for Chelsea in the EPL I will buy a random person who posts here a flight to go watch a game.
I love all these people whose crystal ball allows them to predict where a player will be in 4 years…..you should be using your supreme talents picking lottery tickets! LOL
I just don’t believe Pep has anything against Mario for being Hrvat, might just not be his style of player and that is something Mario can have a say in.
@ziva, he mentioned it had one the oldest fan club or something and some of these managers love their history, perhaps you are right but that is being totally pesamistic, i’ll give punto Pep the benefit of the doubt.
@Sgt.Krastavac….Pep had knowledge of jadan i mali hajduk because jadan i mali hajduk paid just under 1 million euros for Barca to come to town. I would learn the history of any club if they were willing to pay just under a million euros for my club to show up for a worthless game.
If Perica plays one game for Chelsea in the EPL I will buy a random person who posts here a flight to go watch a game.
Perica to Chelsea!!!!
When Barcalona played Hajduk i remember Pep having some knowledge the club and it’s history, i thought that showed respect but it’s diferrent from player to player.
Stipe Perica Croatian Under 20 Player has apparently signed with Chelsea at 18yrs old. Thoughts?
What history does Pep have with players from Eastern Europe????? Are you referring to Ibrahimovic (a born Swede). If so, Ibrahimovic had issues with others, not just Pep. Way to small of a sample size, really small, to say Pep has an issue with Eastern European players. And the guy did win multiple Champions League crowns.
I think Pep gets the benefit of the doubt. Why???? His time as Barca manager coincides with the greatest club side we have witnessed in this era and maybe in any era. Tough to compare different eras, but you can make the case Barca (2008-2012) is the greatest club side we have ever watched.
whats the reason for the title of this article?
hes not going to be in the XI at all? is there a pun involved that is over my head?
well if nothing else at least these goals he scored might get him a higher price at another club!
I hope Mario keeps his cool like a professional should.
Arsenal chasing Dinamo Academy head Romeo Jozak!
http://www.nogometni-magazin.com/newspro/coranto/viewnews.cgi?id=EFZVuFlVFuZwnMLnNg&tmpl=coranto_hrv_news
Stipe Perica, 18 year old striker of Zadar signs with Chelsea!
http://www.hrsport.net/vijesti/464551/nogomet-engleska/perica-u-chelseaju-me-docekao-jose-mourinho-i-odmah-me-fascinirao/
Götze returning to the lineup and team will spell the end of Mario’s starting position with Bayern as we know it.