Wow! So the great mastermind behind the mesmerizing style and incomparable success of what has arguably been the greatest team in history of football, Jose Pep Guardiola, announced that he won't renew his contract with the blaugrana at the end of this season.
Throughout the four years that he coached at Barcelona Jose Pep Guardiola achieved 13 major trophies including 3 consecutive La Liga titles, 2 Champions Leagues, 2 Club World Cups and 2 Super Cups, and he still has a chance to win his 2nd Copa del Rey before the end of his contract this season. The young coach not only achieved great success consistently throughout his regime at Camp Nou, but also dominated rivals like Real Madrid with his eye-catching style of play.
Some might argue that all Guardiols's success was only due to the group of players he was lucky to have in his team and that anyone with such lineout would be able to win titles, but we all have to realize that even though he did have an amazing team, they wouldn't have been able to get anywhere without a mastermind leading them. Take chelsea, a team not at the same level as barcelona but certainly with a world class squad. The blues were no good without a suitable boss in charge, but when a leader that could handle the big names took over, the same players that were considered out of form began doing the unthinkable, and proved everybody wrong. With that in mind, next season the same Barcelona will probably not be able to achieve as much success as they did under Guardiola, and for that matter I don't think that what Pep accomplished will ever be repeated in the future.
For those of us that follow the game closely, it is clear that Pep Guardiola has earned a break from performing at the highest level, and all we can do is hope that he will come back to the big stage soon, as football needs the man who showed the world in every game that it is in fact a beautiful game.
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