Solskjaer discards the Guardiola method: “No one has invented anything”

Manchester United and Manchester City meet today in another derby in which a league is at stake. A derby of the same city, as will happen today in Madrid, which faces two styles, two ways of understanding football and also, the first in the competition and the contender. This derby will leave us a duel between Pep Guardiola and Ole Gunnar Solskajer. Two coaches who share a city, but not a booklet. At a press conference, and asked about the style that Pep has applied, Solskjaer defended United's own identity.

“Each 'manager' builds his team around a club culture and at United we have it and apply it. Traditions, created by Sir Matt (Busby) and Sir Alex (Ferguson), of playing with speed, with strength and with quick attacks“, defended the Norwegian.

The coach continued with his reflection and tried to question that label of the 'style of …'. “There are many philosophies and many beliefs about how to win at soccer and many different ways to be successful. No one has invented a style on their own. They have taken things from other coaches and other teams. I learned all my football myself in my time here at United and also, to be honest, in Norway, “he added.

An idea of ​​speed

For Solskjaer, a good team fights back but has to have more records. The United man explained his football philosophy in a nutshell. “The best teams also have to know how to break a low block. It all has to do with the players and quality. I have always trusted the way I see football. Sometimes, it is true that you see other coaches and think that you can adapt small things your way to playar. The same thing happened to me as a player. I couldn't be Beckham, but I always wanted to center like him. Or with Giggs “, he explained.

For him, there is something that unites him with Pep Guardiola but also with the rest. “I know Pep and all the coaches say the same thing: that everything depends on the players. ¿How do we get good players? You can breed them and also sign them. Good when they are young or when they are the best. It's about having quality in the field. We work as hard as we can every day and that is United, “he said.

This afternoon, Ole and Pep will face styles in search of the victory that can finish launching to City or can serve to United to cut points, although it is difficult to take the title from the skyblue.