Guardiola: I am curious about coaching the national team and want to play in the World Cup, European Cup, and Copa America

Sports Weekly All-Media Reporter Li Jingyi

Although he was in the biggest crisis since he started teaching this season, it did not change the fact that Guardiola belongs to the victory group in life. When he first entered the teaching world, Guardiola made a big splash. Since then, he has been winning championships and honors. Even though Manchester City had been alert for a while, it was only refreshing Guardiola's personal lower limit. In the end, the team kept the top four in the Premier League and was still a strong contender for the league and the Champions League the following season. Lan Yue also showed her strong ability to respond to crises. They bought from winter to summer and bought all the way in the transfer market without any signs of stopping. They even ignored the threat of the verdict of suspected financial violations. At the critical moment, Lan Yue and Guardiola resolutely announced the renewal of the contract, which shows the trust between the two parties. But deep in the heart of the natural winner Guardiola Guardiola, there is also desire and unwillingness. Although he has rich coaching experience, he still has no experience in governing the national team, let alone bathing in the glory of the "artificial sun" of the World Cup as the head coach.

In an exclusive interview with Reuters, Guardiola admitted that although he had no plan to leave Blue Moon in the short term, he often imagined what it would be like to coach a national team, and he was more eager to accept the challenges of the World Cup or European Cup: "I am willing to participate in the World Cup, European Cup, and American Cup. I have been thinking about this question. But it depends on many and many factors. If it can be true, it is great. If it cannot be true, it will be better."

After Spain, Germany and England led the team to win the top league championship trophy 12 times and led the Blue Moon to create an unprecedented four consecutive championships in the Premier League, the Guardiola suddenly fell without warning this season, and ended up empty-handed and gaining nothing. Before the outside world's harsh criticism, Guardiola took the lead in reflecting on himself and criticized the team's performance sharply. His goal for the new season is naturally to return to the podium, but not to prove that "the dark guys are wrong", but "to prove to myself that I can do it, I don't want to relive the feeling of this season. Because when we win the championship, the wine tastes better and you sleep more soundly. I don't know which coach can maintain a baby-like sleep after losing. This is impossible. You will fall into anxiety. That's part of our life."

The head of Guardiola's to-do list is naturally to lead the team to the top of the Champions League again, but if Blue Moon gathers with Real Madrid enemies again, this time the opponent's coaching staff will no longer be Guardiola's other enemy in life and one of the winners of life Ancelotti. When talking about An Shuai leaving Brazil, Guardiola couldn't help but raise his lips: "I'm happy for him. But I'm equally happy that he left Madrid because he has been beating me. I finally don't need to worry about this anymore." Guardiola and An Shuai met 5 times in the Champions League knockout round, and An Shuai won 4 of them.

Guardiola also hopes that the outside world can look at him and his team rationally. He cannot win all the honors year after year. Even the most successful athlete must have more strength than winning the championship: "I won the domestic league championship 12 times in 16 years. I think this is not bad. But you can't keep winning. I can't keep winning the Champions League. Michael Jordan is the best athlete I have ever met in his life. He won the NBA championship six times in 15 years. 'Tiger' Woods, an unparalleled golfer and Jack Nicklao, I don't know how many championships he has, but they must have lost more Grand Slams than they have won. This is the norm."

After the end of the season, Guardiola returned to Barcelona and enjoyed a short vacation. According to him, this is to try to live a "normal life" before being reintroduced by football: "Get up late and have no players to accompany you. Try to live a normal life. Go to a concert, lie on the sofa, read books. If your body allows, I will play golf. Look at TV series that others have recommended to me during the season. I didn't have time to watch it at all. I want to share a secret with you. Usually, I will try to do some regular schedules you think are normal during the holidays."