Guardiola: Mourinho probably the best
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola believes Jose Mourinho, his opposite number at arch-rivals Real Madrid, could just be the best tactician in football at the moment.
Both sides have been involved in a number of highly-charged encounters recently, and while they have disagreed on many occasions, Guardiola and Mourinho have yet to actually get into a confrontation with one another.
Instead, it was Barca assistant coach Tito Vilanova whose eye Mourinho poked during this season's Spanish Supercopa, leading Guardiola to wisely suggest the rivalry between both teams needed to be controlled.
However, the former Barca captain has been gracious in his praise of his Portuguese counterpart, and when asked if playing experience gave one an advantage when it came to coaching, Guardiola used Mourinho as an example to suggest otherwise.
"It is not necessary to have played football to become a great coach," Guardiola said, according to AS.
"Arrigo Sacchi changed this sport without having played, and Jose Mourinho is probably the best coach in the world.
"Having been in a dressing room gives you advantages in certain situations, but not having been in one also gives you other advantages.
"This is life, as a player I did not have any physical aptitude that stood out, but I survived. I strengthened other aptitudes."
Guardiola has long maintained he will not be in charge of Barca for long, and admits it would be better to go out whilst on top, rather than leave only when his reputation has been tarnished.
"When I was a player, I realised I was in a moment in which I could not give any more of myself. A moment in which I was tired and I know that as a coach it will be the same.
"I know the day will come in which I will get tired and I will quit. I hope that day will come, because normally coaches get sacked before they can choose to leave because they are losing.
"Right now, I can choose, but I know things will not always be likes this. Coaches who lose are sacked."
In just his fourth season as a coach, Guardiola has already led Barca to three straight La Liga titles, a Copa del Rey and two Champions League crowns.http://www.espnstar.com/servlet/file/704290_33_preview.jpg?ITEM_ENT_ID=704290&ITEM_VERSION=1&COLLSPEC_ENT_ID=10&FILE_SERVICE_CONF_ID=33
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