The Guardiola-Mourinho duels, from “fucking master” to “I would be ashamed”

Pep Guardiola vs Jose Mourinho. There is no duel of coaches in the football field that more flashes attract. 23 chapters of uninterrupted duels that will have combat number 24 this weekend. A battle on the benches that has never left anyone indifferent and that has made us live great moments. Whether from Inter, Barcelona, ​​Chelsea, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Tottenham or Bayern Munich. They have always sparked in their confrontations, both on the field where an interesting game of chess has always been played, and outside it. The X-ray of their encounters, which currently has a points winner: 11-6, favorable to Guardiola. Formal matches, the hottest Classics, in the finals or in league games. Their duel is always a highlight of the season.

Neither Guardiola nor Mourinho have faced any other coach so many times. Both are rivals and on more than one occasion they have staged it in the most unusual ways. There is respect. They have made each other better. Sometimes Santpedor's has won, other times that of Setúbal, but the fan, the show and football have always ended up winning.

Group stage of the Champions 2009-2010: first duel

The first duel between the two was on September 16, 2009, the group stage of the Champions League. A level 0-0 in Italy. A clash preceded by praise between the two, since they coincided in Can Barça, one as Bobby Rodson's assistant and the other as a player. Nice words. “I hope Guardiola will be Barça coach forever”, but that in truth concealed an earlier precedent. Guardiola beat him to the Barcelona bench race in the summer of 2008. Laporta and Berigistain had to decide an option and opted for the man of the house, rather than Mou's experience.

That edition of the Champions left another three duels. Barcelona 2 (Piqué and Pedro) -Inter MIlán 0, in the other clash of that phase. Barcelona was superior and made sure to be first in the group ahead of Inter. The semifinals crossing was missing …

Semifinals Champions 2009-2010: the night of the sprinklers

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The first outbreak of fire. In the first leg of the semifinals at the Guiseppe Meazza everything happened. 3-1 for Italians. Sneijder, Maicon and Milito neutralized Pedro's goal. The referee Olegario Benquerença was very questioned by the culé club (Possible two unmarked penalties and a clamorous Milito offside in the third goal). In the previous one, Mourinho heated up the atmosphere. “For us, the final at the Bernabéu is an illusion; for them, an obsession “.

And the return was for the history of the competition. The 'night of the sprinklers'. The image of Mourinho running through the Camp Nou in his sweetest defeat (1-0, Piqué). On the day of the famous phrase from Mourinho to Guardiola, in the Camp Nou band, in the presence of an unusual Ibrahimovic: “Don't set up the party yet, the game isn't over.” The germ of rivalry.

The little hand of the Camp Nou (5-0)

Mourinho's first Clásico on the Real Madrid bench and he shook with scandal. On November 29, 2010, a Monday, they will be recorded in memory by the gestures of Piqué and Valdés. Mourinho, who opted for Özil from the start instead of Lass, was very touched by the tough defeat that Guardiola's team inflicted on him. “It's not humiliation, just the biggest loss of my career”said the Portuguese.

2011 Copa del Rey final: a lineman with good eyesight …

It was played four days after the Bernabéu league match. A 1-1, with goals from Messi and Cristiano that left the league almost sentenced for Barça (+8 points for the Catalans). LThe end of Valencia was the first face-to-face final between the two technicians. A spectacular header from Cristiano Ronaldo in extra time gave the Whites the title. In the previous Guardiola left his famous phrase: “Play, play and play until we are tired of playing! We can only win through play, I only understand it that way.” The tension was red hot throughout that final. The 5-0 league still stung. Undiano Mallenco did not do enough to put out all the mini fires. For the memory, Pepe's words after losing the trophy: “A lineman with good eyesight annulled Pedro's goal by two centimeters.”

Champions Semis 2011-12: from “fucking love” to “why?”

It was the climax of the dispute. In the heat of 'Storm of Classics'. The two press conferences before and after left unique moments. The first leg was marked by the words of Mourinho: “Until now we had two groups of coaches, one very small, who does not talk about the referees; and another bigger one in which I am and who criticizes the referees when they make important mistakes. Now the new era begins, with a third group, only formed by Guardiola: the group of criticizing the referee's success, something I had not seen in the world of football in my life. “

Guardiola's press conference was one of the best reminiscent of Santpedor's. “As he has tuteado me, I will also do it. Tomorrow we meet on the field at 8:45 pm; off the field he has already beaten me. I give him his particular Champions off the field, that he enjoys it and takes it home. In this room he is the fucking boss, the fucking master and I don't want to compete at any time. I just remind you that we have been together four years. He knows me and I know him. If he wants to stay with Florentino Pérez's friends and the dairy, but I've worked with him for four years. “

Barça's 0-2 victory at the Bernabéu, with the controversial expulsion of Pepe, activated the worst Mourinho spring: “If I say what I think today my coaching career is over. I'm just asking why? Why Ovrebo, De Bleeckere, Busacca or Stark? The same thing happens in each semifinal. We are talking about Barça, an absolutely fantastic team. Why do you have that power with the referees? I don't know if it's because of Villar or because of the UNICEF publicity. Guardiola is a great coach but he has won a Champions League that I would be ashamed of with the Stamford Bridge scandal. And this year, if he wins it, it will be with the Bernabéu scandal ”.

The second leg (1-1), with the Portuguese coach unable to sit on the bench after his expulsion, fIt was also controversial for the cancellation of a goal to Higuaín due to a previous foul by Cristiano.

Spanish Super Cup 2011: finger in the eye of 'Pito Vilanova'

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Another chapter in the tumultuous relationship between Guardiola and Mourinho. One of the ugliest and most surreal episodes of the events in these eleven years. The first leg ends 2-2 (Özil, Xabi Alonso, Villa and Messi). On the return leg, Barcelona conquered the title with a goal from Messi in the 88th minute (3-2). At the end of the game there is a tangana after a hard tackle by Marcelo, who ends up being sent off. In the heat of battle Mourinho puts his finger in the eye of Tito Vilanova, who responds with a slap. In the post-match, Mourinho questions like this: “Pito Vilanova? I don't know who that Pito is. Let whoever saw him or the fourth official speak.” The images speak for themselves. You cannot do these things. Someday we will hurt ourselves and we are all responsible for it, ”said Pep.

2011-2012 Cup Quarters: Mou and the Nou Camp car park

Madrid are eliminated after drawing the second leg (2-2) at the Camp Nou. The first leg beat Barça 1-2, with goals from Puyol and Abidal. It was the famous night in which Mourinho waited for the referee Teixeira Vitienes in the stadium parking lot. The Portuguese had his pluses and minuses with the referee. Another painful elimination by Guardiola on Mourinho.

LaLiga de los records: 'Keep Calm' by Cristiano

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Mourinho's only victory at the Camp Nou against Pep Guardiola was in the second round of the league with Madrid's 100 points and 121 goals. 1-2 with the famous so much of CR7 asking for calm to the public of the Barcelona coliseum. Image that will remain for the memory of the last Barça-Madrid-Guardiola-Mourinho duel.

Final European Super Cup 2013: a bad loss

Faces were seen again and in another final, but this time luck was on Guardiola's side. Bayern beat Mou's Chelsea on penalties. The distance had chilled the relationship and the two praised each other. The expulsion of Ramires during the meeting unleashed hostilities again. “Today the best team has lost. Football is eleven against eleven and today it was eleven against ten. I am used to having 10 men”, Mou stated. Guardiola replied later. “The best team has won. Yes, the best team has won. We have shot 30 times on goal and they have attacked us as Mourinho's teams always do. We deserved the title “, the Spanish pointed out.

Seven clashes in England: fight in the tunnel

The rest of the fighting between the two has occurred in English lands. Either in the Manchester derby or in the new duel spurs vs citizens. Dhe triumphs for Mourinho, a draw and three victories for Guardiola. The pacifying tone has been imposed on the belligerent of other years. “I don't know. Maybe because we are older, more experienced,” Guardiola pointed out. “I know what you are waiting for, but no. Sorry, “he expanded.

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Only one but in his 'new good relationship'. The derby on 10 December 2017 at Old Trafford. The effusiveness with which citizens they celebrated the triumph in someone else's field, the red devils. A heat that had its spark in the tunnel of clothing. A brawl starring Ederson, Lukaku, Mourinho, Arteta and a bottle. The current Arsenal coach ended up with blood on one eyebrow and with the police intervening in the 'Theater of Dreams'.

Titles: Guardiola 29 vs Mourinho 25

The total balance between both technicians favors Guardiola. They have been measured in 23 games, with 11 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses. In finals the result is uneven. Mourinho's victory in the 2011 Copa del Rey, and defeats in the 2011-2012 Super Cup (two-legged) and in the 2013 European Super Cup. Guardiola adds 29 titles in his extensive record (8 of them in England). While, Mourinho reaches 25 trophies, eleven of them in English teams (eight with Chelsea and 3 with United). Pep and Jose are also in the select group of coaches with two Champions. Like the great rivalries in history, their battles made each other better. Two of the greatest technicians of the XXI century face to face again.