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Pep Guardiola’s never-ending tactical evolution

The Athletic FC Tactics Podcast

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Pep Guardiola's Positional Play

I think what I was interested in was defining positional play, which is the style that we associate with Pep Guardiola as more than just a single system. He's continually changed the way that he's approached tactics while still trying to keep some of the same principles intact. And then there's so many more layers to it, just as much for what might happen when you lose the ball, as what happens when you have the ball. Yeah, I think we're probably more aware of that than ever. It's fair to almost focus on the possession phase, because when you look at what came before Guardiola,. When Mourinho and Benitez were dominating tactical discussion in this country, it was all about

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