England Owes Pochettino & Guardiola ! – Brila

When the Spanish national side dominated Europe and World
international soccer, 2008 until 2012, it was made up of 70% of
Barcelona players coached by a certain Pep Guardiola. They played a
fluid passing game ridiculed with ball possession and tactical
awareness. [sic]

2014 saw the Germans win the world cup with a side made up of
75% Bayern Munich players coached by……… you got it Guardiola.

Welcome to present day and the world cup 2018 is witnessing a
much-improved English side, playing for a relatively first time in
its history, passing, pressing and attacking football based on team
play and not just individual talents like in the past. A 3-man
defense with a packed central midfield of 5 Players. Refreshing to
say the least.

The English team’s influential players all ply their trade at
Tottenham Hotspurs and Manchester City, coached by Mauricio
Pochettino and Pep Guardiola!

Don’t get me wrong, compliments and huge credit goes to the
National team coaches in Gareth Southgate of England, Joachim Löw
of Germany, Luis Aragonés and Vicente del Bosque of Spain.

The National team coaches do have quite relatively short periods
to coach the players and rely heavily on the development and daily
training the players receive at their club sides for results.

However, he is responsible for assembling the right players to
fit into a playing philosophy that he chooses based on his own
vision of the game.

Don’t get me wrong, compliments and huge credit goes
to the National team coaches in Gareth Southgate of England,
Joachim Löw of Germany, Luis Aragonés and Vicente del Bosque of
Spain.

It is more than evident that this English side has benefited
immensely from the work of Pochettino on his Tottenham Hotspurs
players, who I feel have grown immensely in all aspects under the
Argentine.

Same must be said of the English players under the wings of
Guardiola at Manchester City.

For the first time in decades we saw England yesterday win a
penalty shoot out versus Columbia to advance to it’s first Quarter
finals of a world cup in a long time. I must say they deserved the
win as they played better and were more proactive.

England’s next opponents are the Swedes, who saw off Switzerland
to advance and it is looking quite likely that England would be in
the semi finals of the world cup and who knows with all the
favorites all getting eliminated prematurely at this world cup,
they could just go on to win it, thanks to a team made up of
influential Tottenham and Manchester City players coached by
Pochettino and Guardiola!

By Sunday Oliseh, former Nigeria captain
and Head Coach