Guardiola’s Euro woe

Following Bayern Munich’s Champions League semi-final elimination at the hands of Atletico Madrid, Pep Guardiola will end his three-year stay in Bavaria without winning the trophy. Here’s where it went wrong for the Catalan coach…

Guardiola arrived in Bavaria having won the Champions League twice as a coach with Barcelona and with Bayern having just won the competition in 2013, he was expected to add to that tally.

However, while overseeing a period of domestic dominance in Germany and developing one of the most free-flowing teams on the continent, Guardiola fell short at the semi-final stage in all three of his seasons in charge…

2013/14 – Lost to Real Madrid 5-0 on aggregate

Guardiola enjoyed success against Real Madrid during his reign at Barcelona, but his Bayern side were picked off by Carlo Ancelotti’s men over two legs. It was a surprise result that ultimately set the tone for Guardiola’s Champions League experience with the club.

Bayern had retained the Bundesliga title as early as March, having won 25 of their first 27 league games and drawn the other two. But the dip came at the wrong time and they went into …

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