Pep Guardiola, Manchester City manager, won the League Cup, his fourth in a row, and starred in the day of the Spanish in Europe with his 30th title since he began his career on the soccer benches.
City beat Tottenham in the final with a goal from French Aymeric Laporte and Guardiola opened his showcase to put one more trophy to his long list: 3 Leagues, 3 Bundesligas, 2 Premier League, 2 King's Cups, 2 German Cups, 1 English Cup, 3 Spanish Super Cups, 2 England Super Cups, 4 English League Cups, 2 Champions Leagues, 3 Super Cups Europe and 3 Club World Cups.
That list, impressive, He has achieved it in Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City, where he still aspires to add more titles this season. And, along with him, other Spaniards also managed to celebrate the League Cup: Ferran Torres and Rodri Hernández.
Although the first did not leave the bench and the second barely played the last six minutes of the final after replacing the Brazilian Fernandinho, both are part of a squad led by a coach awarded by dozens. On the other hand, Sergio Reguilón, a starter at Tottenham, was left without the title.
Pep Guardiola, with those 30 titles, it is close to the 48 trophies that Alex Ferguson achieved in his career.
The Catalan coach is still far from the myth of a former United manager. Mind you, after winning his fourth League Cup this Sunday against Tottenham, Guardiola will still have two trophies to fight for this season and there he can close the gap with Sir Alex.
One of them is almost conquered, since in the Premier League they have an 11-point advantage over Manchester City. It will be their ninth league. The other is the most difficult of all and his pending subject since he arrived in England, the Champions League. The 'Sky Blues' will play the first leg of the semifinals this week, the first since Guardiola landed, against Paris Saint Germain.