:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/LDL5EJBY2NFMPOAAKV6ELMVUMY.jpg "Pep Guardiola launched against Liga MX: \"They protect the most powerful\" 1")
After boasting about the future career of Raphael Marquez as Technical Director at Barca Atletico, affiliate FCBarcelona. Pep Guardiola, who in his time as a player was a member of the Dorados de Sinaloa of Mexico, launched out against the management of the MX League directed by Mikel Arriola.
In interview for Paramount+, the famous Catalan strategist first recalled his time in Mexico with the Dorados of Sinaloa, however, when the conversation matured, Guardiola lamented “the inventions” that exist in Mexican football in Ascension and Relegation.
“They treated me wonderfully well in Sinaloa. The best were the stadium friends, who were very small and very friendly. We understood the love that people in Mexico have for their football, how well it is played,” he began of his time at Golden.
“We had a good time. It was a fantastic time. I knew another reality, coached by Juanma Lillo, who, along with Johan Cruyff, was one of the best coaches I’ve ever had. I hope to one day return to Sinaloa to see people I still know there, but who are so far away. It doesn’t give us the ability to do that. I had a great experience, that of playing at altitude, which I had never experienced before. I have good memories of Mexican football,” he added.
Later, the strategist of the reigning Premier League champion, Manchester Cityquestioned the method of competition that is managed in Liga MX, where what “what you do in the past affects the present”whatever your competitive reality.
“We had a very good season. Luego, por inventos suyos, de estos países, del porcentaje, no sé si así se dice, que lo que haces en el pasado afecta en el presente, cosa que jamás voy a hear por que uno juzga lo que haces ahora, no en the past. I don’t understand why powerful teams are so protected“, he said.
the stay of Guardiola Room in Culiacán, Sinaloa, it was six months. His presentation as a player took place on January 3, 2006 and one of the people who played a key role in his hiring was the Spaniard and the coach Juan Manuel Lillo.
This is not the first time that the former FC Barcelona coach has taken an X-ray from his time at Culiacán. In 2021 in an interview for Movistar +, “Play it again Pep” He detailed how well he did in Mexico despite being in one of the most complex entities in terms of security.
“What love of the game there is, what love of life there is, how well you eat, how people have so little. Mexico is a fantastic country, I have a lot of love for Mexico“, said.
“I like it a lot and look, I went to Sinaloa, which is a place where the cartel is and you have to be careful where you go, what time and how. With Dorados we were eighth and relegated. We go down because there are leagues that are all set up,” he repeated. Dynamism.
The Catalan ended his 16-year football career in November 2006. He was part of the Barcelona, Brescia Calcio, AS Roma, Al-Ahli Doha and Dorados. For June 2007 he began his career as a strategist by taking command of Barcelona Band in 2008 he took over as first team coach (2008-2012) and his career continued with Bayern Munich and since 2016 he has been in charge of Manchester City.
In his speech with Paramount+, Guardiola He also took the opportunity to exalt the future technical career he is forming The Kaiser of MichoacanRaphael Marquez, and who became one of his favorite players during his first stage as helmsman of FC Barcelona.
under the supervision of Jose, the former Team Atlas player was also an important part of a team that would win two Champions League (the first with Frank Rijkaard) from 2003 to 2010, as well as countless local titles in Spain.
“Sooner or later it had to happen. He was a very intelligent player, a fantastic player, extremely intelligent in many areas. If the critter stung you, the passion for training… I know he is training in the Barcelona second team, where I started, we started the same way. I hope he will have a lot of success because he deserves it,” he said of Márquez Álvarez.