Guardiola is being linked to Brazil by some media already but I dont think the brazilian FA just dont have the balls to hire a foreigner manager let alone a foreigner manager just before the world cup on home soil.

The press is talking about the fact that a foreigner manager has never won a world cup as well.

Let alone an Argentinian...

Big Phil is official. Parreira will also be involved as coordinator. So the last 2 WC winner coaches (for Brazil) together.Meh lets see how it goes...

Some crazy **** just happened in Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo leading 2-0 against Tigre in the return leg of the Copa Sudamericana at half time ( first leg ended 0-0) and a fight broke ( standard ldo). Aparently security threatened Tigre players with guns and then Tigre refused to play the second half.

Been following this myself, having a sleepless night so I thought I'll watch a bit of the 2nd half, obviously switched on to see it abandoned. Apparently some of the Tigre players have cuts and bruises and there's reports of blood up the walls of their changing room, crazy ****.

The only Argentine match I've watched live this year was Independiente v Belgrano and that was abandoned at HT as well!

LOL South American football. So standard.

Especially argentinean teams, they are the worst. Just incapable of losing without starting a fight.
Obviously Tigre decided to not go back to second half because they had no shot of winning.If they were up no way they quit.

But I think Sao Paulo resorted to some **** tactics (like trying to not allow Tigre to warm up on the field) that they didn't really need to because they are by far the better team and would win on the field anyway.Tigre finished 2nd last in the ARG league and their whole game consists of trying to break players legs.

truly random: Stood 2 feet from Pep Guardiola on a subway car in east Manhattan on Sunday.

Didn't want to bother a man on his vacation so I just gave him a what's up nod and he smiled.

Still has salt and pepper facial hair going

Damn. I do think that would have been just too crazy random amazing for me not to break character and say something . Not sure what though.

And I think he practically lives there now?

damn you should have asked him about defending set pieces or something. im sure he would have talked for two hours and maybe taken you to his favourite coffee shop.

You should have said, "Servus".

Cool :-) It's like a very thin line (or perhaps not) between the equivalent of coming off as a losing micro SNG player trying to debate turn 3bet frequencies with Phil Galfond vs simply enganging the man in an 'intellectuel' conversation on a subject he obviously has a huge passion for. I can't really say, what I would have done. Tough spot indeed.

In Sydney last week I got a photo with miron bleiberg lol

Not quite pep but something lol

Serbia fined €80,000 (£65,900) and one match behind closed doors after racist incidents at U21 game v England.

The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body has also decided to:

• Suspend Serbia fitness coach Andreja Milunović from all football-related activities for two years, the second of which is suspended for a probationary period of three years. FIFA will be requested to extend this decision so as to give it a worldwide effect.

• Suspend Serbia assistant coach Predrag Katić from all football-related activities for two years, the final six months of which are suspended for a probationary period of three years. FIFA will be requested to extend this decision so as to give it a worldwide effect.

• Suspend Serbia player Goran Caušić for four UEFA national team competition matches.

• Suspend Serbia player Ognjen Mudrinski for three UEFA national team competition matches.

• Suspend Serbia player Filip Malbašić for three UEFA national team competition matches.

• Suspend Serbia player Nikola Ninković for two UEFA national team competition matches.

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The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body has also decided to:

• Suspend England player Steven Caulker for two UEFA national team competition matches. This suspension applies to the following games: England v Italy on 5 June 2013 and England v Norway on 8 June 2013.

• Suspend England player Thomas Ince for one UEFA national team competition match. This suspension applies to the following game: England v Italy on 5 June 2013.

A quick guess would be that less than 5% of posters here have any idea who that is

the thing is i didn't have a burning question that just came to me at the time and i'm not going to be lame and ask "where are you going to work next year".

A zonal marking question or maybe asking if he thinks there's a way the sport will evolve into something even crazier than their 334 with no real centerbacks wpuldve been good

Thats pretty sick, I bet he loves living in america, probably like less than 1% of people recognize him.

Can Pep just go around Manhattan with close to no one recognising him?

Edit: Ahhh, same observation as surftheiop

I just googled "Best NBA Coach Ever". According to some site that's Phil Jackson. Never heard of him. He would be recognized by German NBA fans, sure, just like MP2.0 recognized Guardiola, but I'm confident that Phil Jackson could ride the subways of Germany rather undisturbed.

yes, i would imagine the number is far under 1%

Lol @ this goal. I don't quite get what's going on there in first place but w/e.

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He's still got it. Although the keeper botched it.