Guardiola on professionalism of players, Haaland fitness routine and changes in City hierarchy
25/10/2024
CFGA, Manchester, UK
25/10/2024
CFGA, Manchester, UK
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00:00How the team sometimes need to be very patient and waiting for the chances
00:03But early also really needs to be patient sometimes when he's taking close care of the defenders so close
00:09No, all this just how difficult is it to both be patient and not get frustrated
00:14But also be ready and switched on when the chance is there. I
00:19Think he's like that. I know early
00:22The second goal that he scored the transition. I did it the team was high to make a good build up
00:27He covered runners from field from Mateo's for him. I know it's
00:32but I
00:33Said many times it depends on the opponent what they decide to do against us in that moment
00:38I know the space is meaningless in many times. It's five in the box three central defenders people in front of central defenders
00:45surrounded for five or six
00:47to create the chances depends of the his mates how they move how
00:51Make the moments to
00:53Make a spread all the structure defensive with open ZTR box and not to have and of course the space is minute
01:00The balls don't come and have to be you know patient. Yeah, I have to be like that. So it's the only
01:05Only solution if he disconnect if he should have been disconnect for example as games could not the score the first goal impossible
01:13So we spot stay there stay in the game the sooner or later
01:17Your mate is going to help you to score
01:19And just
01:21How does he keep connected to the game when he's he's not involved with the touches and stuff like this
01:26What do you see in this play that no he has to be what happened read?
01:30What are the spaces especially defensively be involved football is not just I'm here to score goals when you are involved in in your tasks
01:37To have the team and be aggressive in the first two actions you are connected
01:42Football is not offensive defensive. Everything is related
01:46It was said many times is I'm pretty convinced of that you are aggressive you are pay attention you throw is offensive
01:53You are there this kind of things after with the ball. You are better. You are this margin of seconds quicker faster
02:01Wiser to take a right decisions and do you think also this is where he improves as he gets more?
02:06Older and more experience that is able to be connected. I said
02:10His average and score goals is quite quite impressed if I would say the man who goes his core is because since
02:18We have of course in any means you had to be moments that you are maybe disconnected. It's normal, but in general always have been there
02:27Just another one on early in years gone by he's kind of missed a few games. He's had niggles. He's had injuries and
02:33Wednesday looks a good opportunity to maybe rest him against you know in one of the many European games
02:38You've got but obviously you played him
02:40Do you think he's got over that phase of sort of picking up niggly injuries you sense?
02:44He's a lot sort of more fit a lot fitter and more durable
02:47This is the I had the feeling there's a season. He feels better recover better, and it feels better
02:52It's incredible professional in that sense. He take care really well. I had the feeling that
02:58Feels really really really good in that terms is that something you've worked on sort of over the summer
03:02I mean obviously you'll have fitness programs for individual players
03:05Programs for individual players is that something you focused on sort of getting that durability, but he
03:10didn't have the euro unfortunately for him for Norway, but I
03:14would say that
03:15Have one month to have you know rest and make a good preparation having trouble guys help him here
03:21You know what he needs not just him all of them
03:24But especially him and I miss focus more than Evan what he had to do or three days
03:29and he feels especially in the first season when I arrived after the game was
03:34So just any time to recover you know and we cannot say was bad the first season score a lot of goals
03:39We want to travel so it's not about that, but that the feeling that he feels speak with the guy now. I feel good
03:44I feel good because of course
03:47without
03:48Feel now is starting getting better without Oscar the the potential plays can play in a striker
03:54How would they move in as more spaces how good they are in front of the goal?
03:59So Oscar is not here yet, and Phil is getting better so right now. It's really really important piece on our team
04:10In the past when you've spoken about whether or not you want to sign contract extensions
04:14You've said that one of the factors is whether the players are still
04:16Responding on Wednesday you said that at the moment you love the way
04:19That your team is playing in this early part of the season and I know there are other factors your family
04:24How you feel but in terms of that one specific?
04:26Factor about whether the players are still responding after nine years. Are you happy with that it sounds like you were on Wednesday a lot
04:34I'm impressed. I never thought when I arrived a nine years and nine years even the next season still we are
04:40With this amount of consistency in our game and still create more than the opening conceit less
04:46than the opening so this this
04:50balance is so good and
04:52So again four or five actions our backwards it was unbelievable good and
05:00So yeah, I could not be more
05:04Thankful to this play as I still defend what we want to try to do in the way
05:08They are doing so just in terms of that when it comes time to talk about your future just in terms of that one
05:13specific factor you haven't got any concerns that
05:16That you'll have to look at that and think well. They're not responding anymore that it will be down to
05:21Your personal choice
05:22Yeah
05:23I never had doubt about that about because I know I saw I said
05:26Month ago in this season when I said I see them train session every day and still they are alive they feel it
05:33You know they enjoy to come here to train and play the games everyone want to be involved
05:37We're having it in depth a few teams as well right and not just in England
05:42I would say in Europe a lot of injuries you know and everywhere, but we are just
05:4715 plays or 40 play plus Nico you know for Academy and
05:52Okay, we are in difficulty we have
05:55lack of
05:57Players to rotate to give rest or not to take care more
06:02And they still they do it they make a step
06:05Forward to have a crowd mentality and for most of them. They have a just so strong so competitive
06:12The tendency to relax always have this concern now win again, what's going to happen you know?
06:18How drop when you win I?
06:21Don't see I don't see we are losing. I'm not saying that perform well, but I don't see
06:27That's fact that they're dropping the thing everyone push each other. They push me. I push my stuff they to me
06:34With ideas with new things the players I push them when I don't like it tell them they accept it well because the fan of you
06:40for the team
06:41They accept well the compliment. They will accept well the company for the media the criticism for the media, so they forget immediately
06:49win or lose on to next with next and
06:54Huge competitors have a group of players with incrementality not talking about the skills mentality wise and
07:01They are they are really really good
07:04Hey, but just following on from that without one sound too cheeky
07:07Shouldn't they be like this your players because they paid a lot of money
07:10I mean that's their job
07:11Sorry what you're describing there about no drop-offs and still hungry very competitive in a top mentality
07:17Should they not be like this is just not why they're paid if this sort of money
07:20So is that not a sort of base expectation anyway? Yeah?
07:25Yeah
07:26You never know when I play and I think cheeky will be surprised as well. Hopefully our chairman as well
07:31So I said many times is exceptional
07:35This is not normal
07:36I mean generally shouldn't all football players be like this because that's the paid a lot of money, and it's a job right I mean
07:42It wouldn't be top players without so yeah, but they will play football with less money get back to get paid
07:48They love what they do yeah
07:50So they they don't they didn't become always a try in my in my mind when I'm in the trying session. They didn't
07:58Decide to football players, or they were not in the street when they are young
08:02To make box-to-box exercises
08:04Or go to the gym
08:06They decide because I want to play with the ball. That's why I began football, and they love it to do that and of course
08:12it's a
08:13it's absolutely get
08:15Probably paid because generally the way the people love that sport as simple as that no more no more difficult to understand it
08:21But they they will do it anyway. They will do it anyway because they like it. That's for sure and just next summer with
08:29That cheeky leaving by Anna coming in and players like Kevin Kyle
08:34Bernardo the older you may leave you may not
08:38Is it a big summer for city you have to get because you've always said that you're you're only as good as your players
08:44It could be quite a few players need replacing or is it is that exaggerating it a bit?
08:48Are you quite happy you think even if those players sort of tailed off a bit?
08:51You've got enough. It's a good question for all of you Anna and cheeky so about that, but I think every every summer is a
08:58Something
08:59You know have to be always the car has to be ready
09:03You pretend know everything is fine everything you know young squad and apparently there are two or three four players knocked the door
09:09I want to leave I don't play. I'm not happy here my family
09:13Whatever, so I want to leave let's to be ready, so I think the clubs always have to do it
09:19I mean of course they are players with a certain ages to see what happened and
09:24but I said this is a always have been like
09:27Give my opinion of course, but it's a question for a sporting directors. We'll be right to think you were consulted on whether
09:35You know Hugo's a good appointment just because I know you might not say
09:39But if you do your relationship with big Airstead and the transfers has been really important so surely that relationship
09:45You know how you would work with Hugo in fit in theory, so what did you have much of a say?
09:50You must have discussed it surely no opinion. Yeah many things. I give my opinion, but the club
09:57so the best way
09:59You know I have an opinion, but because I see but the sporting director from the stands
10:04I always have an opinion as well and see the same important
10:07So we try to do now because I'm a manager at the site or you ask for their decide to try to do
10:12To understand why he's good or not without a lot without a lot
10:15We talk a lot about what is what is the best and in all the sport directors all the managers all the clubs you make a
10:21Good decisions and always you make a bad decision
10:24Nobody's safe about that nobody
10:26Because
10:28depends of many factors why one player can suit you know good in a good position so
10:35But I said many times so I think that even the players feel it so
10:43The club is well run
10:44you know structure is good and and
10:48The solid clubs not depend for one figure or another figure when the club is a strong
10:54It doesn't matter because
10:59Otherwise will not be good
11:05Just on that have you spoken to Hugo in the last since the appointment was made and do you know him personally if you had
11:11much contact over the years
11:14Cheeky club means I got a second question and that was a short one and just on the the injuries in and are you
11:21The last couple of games you've only had a
11:24The last match you only had seven substitutes last couple of games you had two goalkeepers on the bench
11:28Are you at any way concerned about the numbers that you're currently working with at the moment now? Yeah?
11:36For one game two games is fine for a long game every day now have a tough period after the game we have
11:43four days, but after
11:46Three days to Bournemouth now how difficult and demanding is go to Lisbon three days and have to come back three days go to Brighton
11:53So with just 14 15 players
11:56yeah, of course I am but I
12:00Said last season so it would be easy one team were born for in a row
12:06There's a challenge so every season there are difficulty we had in the past with important place in general seasons like this isn't
12:14Unfortunately with Roderick so but that's what it is
12:19Perfect a scenario never never exists in sport never ever
12:23And are you hoping to have Jack or Jeremy back before the international break Jackie? I hope so
12:30Jack also, but Jeremy I don't think so and where they picked up in the Wolves game or just in training
12:39Jack was in the train day after in one action
12:43And Jeremy, I think was Wolves
12:49But you talked about the structure here, which you've been to keep sorry you and she could be
12:55Big in creating the structure here
12:57Do you feel that structure strong enough that even if you weren't here next season?
13:01He wasn't he's not going to be here. That's in place for success to still continue. Yeah
13:08Because they will find it's going bad they will find a solution immediately they will find they will react
13:13They will be patient. They will be calm and they will
13:16Know what you have to do. Yeah, absolutely
13:17I don't have any doubts about zero doubts and that was always the idea to build something that would go on for a long time
13:23Even I tell you drama when happened for a long time for the cheeky 12 years on me my case in our case
13:28It's normal looks like oh, we cannot leave without that. Of course we can live
13:32Life is move on
13:34the earth
13:35We continue around
13:43I
13:44Know that I
13:47Don't know what happened
13:48Maybe was I don't know whether it's pretty sure that's going to happen. Sure because I know how it works
13:55So it will be a bad bad sign for the club
13:58If I just wanted to press a one-player leave for 11 after everything everything is tractor fell down. I'm
14:05Listen, it's going to happen for sure. So because
14:10Maybe I can make a mistake, but they're doing the mistakes. They are going to solve it. Let me say will be solved immediately
14:16that's for sure because
14:19The guys knows exactly the hierarchy that guys know exactly what they have to do
14:23Thank you guys. Thank you