Managing a football team requires a diverse array of talents and a substantial knowledge of the game. As well as being tactically astute, managers should be able to work individually with players to motivate and discipline them.
Which manager can coach the games like a magician with superpower sometimes? Why?
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Đaiveed ♥
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For me I would choose jurgen klopp 😂 he's quite an intelligent and funny coach he's relationship with his players is highly high and he rarely haves problems with the players or the club... His style. of playing is quite entertaining!!! 👏 👏 👏 obviously that's why the Team is really good both home and away?! and basically Liverpool's performance has been quite impressive! and it's all thanks to jurgen klopp the magician and one of the Best coaches in the World! 😂
Mecurial
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Josep Pep Guardiola He's definitely the coach with super powers. He wasn't well known until he started coaching Barcelona and he did magnificently winning the treble during his 4 years tenure as a Barcelona coach. His passing style popularly known as "tiki taka" was very effective which frustrated the opponents and confusing them till the ball is in the net. After his years as a Barcelona coach, he decided on a move to Bayern Munich winning the Bundensliga and the cup. He moved on to Manchester City where sadly he hasn't won any Champions League title since he left Barcelona. Still the super powerful coach for me👌
nenye
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I'll pick Mourinho He is not just a magician, he's a wizard. People criticize his 'parking the bus' tactics but that's how he proves his defensive ability. When it comes to attack, you need to watch the second half at his derby at Etihad. I couldn't believe myself. No team this season has beaten ManCity from 2 goals down within 45mins. In that match he used different tactics in one match proving he's ability to manage pressure... That's what you call a coach. We are talking about a man that has no record of professional football yet he has conquered different leagues, UCL and Europa using different teams. At times I wished he was a professional footballer when he was younger he'd probably be on FIFA best 11 if not becoming world best a couple of times. In ManU, he hasn't spent as much as Pep but yet he has proven to beat Pep with his expenditure. Imagine Pogba played in the first leg against City. More so, he promotes young promising lads, look at Tominay MOU as I have noticed so far is a goal getter. Any competition he sets his mind to win he ensures he does. See last season's Europa and lookout for this season's FA. Mou is a football warlock...
kocbdmst
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For me it was the 1999 champions league final between Manchester utd and Bayern when man utd was trailing one nil and 3 minutes to play .my friend supports Bayern and confident that the game is over but I told it's not till the final whistle is blown and suddenly the Red devils netted two goals in three minutes to claim trophy .Since then I became die heart fan of united and cannot even have another team to equal that affection.
okunyola26
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For me I will pick Ferguson any time any day. Making do with what u have is what makes u a better manager. Even when Cristiano Ronaldo, tevez, and the likes left Manchester united. Ferguson did it again collecting the premier league in 2013 with bunch of average players like rooney, evens, etc having not to sign any big players with huge amounts of money. He even took united to champion league final back to back. He also made united stand out in England by being only coach to win club world cup. With him united got to six champion leagues consecutive semi finals. He made De gae what he is today, even Cristiano Ronaldo is a living witness of sir Alex Ferguson hand work, not to mention the likes of Paul Scholes, RVP,etc.i won't get to a conclusion if am ask to continue so sir Alex is the best.
Brwa Ismael
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Guardiola has positive style of football and he is a joy to beautiful play. He can change a team entirely and make them play like a “team”. In his team you usually don’t know who is the star! Everyone is good and he builds team to make magic just he did with Barca, and City this year. Other managers are great too but i love his way of coaching and playing.
GanzoGanzo
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The Magician is definitely SIR ALEX FERGUSON... because back then, when he was the Manchester United manager, he didn't have deep pockets to buy all the superstar players in his team like the teams do nowadays... so he created them superstars and talents from almost nothing to win all the major league titles reigning for over two decades... That is magic... At the end of the day who has created Cristiano Ronaldo? He did... Who created Ryan Giggs, Eric Cantona and Wayne Rooney? He did... He has created these talents with his superpowers to make them famous... Now managers just have to tell their bosses whom they want to sign into their teams, and their job is to correctly rearrange them already-superstar-players into right positions pretty much... Given the millions Sir Alex Ferguson didn't have back then, these managers of today wouldn't have succeeded like him... So the magician is definitely Sir Alex Ferguson... with all due respect from Mongolia...
FootballPro19
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Zinedine Zidane!!! I think his achievements as the manager of Real Madrid in his first two seasons were kind of overshadowed by the slow start to the 2017-18 season. Scoring 4 times against Juventus - a team that was known for their strong defense, in the UEFA Champions League final is no small feat. Not to mention his back to back UCL titles and his back to back victories against Barcelona in the Supercopa De Españya final. He absolutely demolished PSG with his genius substitutions too. Introducing Vazquez and Asensio against PSG really proves that he is a brave manager that is ready to take risks for the team. He works very hard to give every player as much playtime as possible and has a great relationship with all his players. He is an absolute genius to me.
Devendra Verma
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zidane because he always got two plans to execute. And after half time he has the capability to improvise his plan and win the match. He also got the capability to get 100% out of underrated players which other team think as no one. Earlier Real madrid was known as to buy players but under Real madrid start creating players like lucas vasquez, nacho, carvajal, casemiro, asensio
Joeljr11
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I will go with Mouricio Pochetino the man is Brilliant using a normal player but giving a difficult time to the big team in Premier league Olso see how he can use a talented player like dele who signed from MK Dons for 7 mil pound now rated almost hundreds pounds mil see how he can grow up a young player and sell them expensive like he did to Bale Luka Modric and walker, He Olso parfomed very in Uefa champion league with that cheap players, they were not lucky to qualify for quarter finals but played very well, money he got for selling Bale, Modric and walker helped something in the new stadium which they will be using in next season. I really love him so much I wish him to be a next united manager.
nasikprstu
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Definitely theirs alot of managers out there that you'd think have super powers sometimes.. Zidane: this guy is on another level with coaching, which coach wins back to back UCLs??? not many right? exactly my point Max Allgeri: this guy is doing great with juventus also, most of his players are old and he stills get the best out of them, they are UCL finalists for couple of times. Mourinho: the special one, there's not much to say after that, wining UCL with a lot of teams and you can't beat this guy twice in one season Pep: oh my word, this guy transforms any team he has touched, check out pep Barca, and check out pep city, they are fabulous!!!!! Conte: winning the EPL in his first season in charge with Chelsea, and bringing a tactical masterclass to the EPL, he is surely one of them with the super power Klopp: he too has what it takes and the way how you see this guy is the way how his teams play, very attacking and fierce!! the list goes on
lueademt
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for me I'll go with Pep's methods, because it's obvious for everyone to see,and understand the way he set up his team to play football. A lot of people will think that the financial muscle 💪 of all his clubs he has managed is the reason behind his overwhelming success,but NO, and a BIG NO. These are my reasons. 1.Wherever Pep has been he has sticked to his philosophy of the game. 2.Pep has that swagger of rejuvenating all of his teams. 3.Pep pays a lot of attention to details, and all of the players he has managed in his distinguished career can relate. 4.Pep has that Personality that every leader should have I mean he commands respect,not only because he's a proven winner,but because he's a born leader. 5.Pep possess the kind of fear factor that gets opposition managers and teams shaking in their boots when his name, and that of his team is mentioned. 6.And above all he makes good players better,good teams greater, and he leaves his employers with very little doubt in his ability, and because of that they support to end. HE'S A DIFFERENT CLASS EVEN HIS OPPOSITE NUMBERS GENUINELY LABEL HIM THE BEST COACH ASK KLOPP!!
Cuhaluy
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it's Jose Mourinho: he's tactician perexcelence , he's psychologically sound as it relates to the games, fellow coaches, players and even journalist.He is a great organizer of the game.This is a manager with a proven record of water tight defence with very Enterprising n efficient attack.there is a great balance between his attack and defence.he is simply the most astitute manager in the world,a coach with the most quickest winning results.He manages talents very well n brings sound performance out of players.There is no player who doesn't work hard and still makes his team 1st eleven,he relates very well to his payers n defends n praises them when it's necessary. if I want to be a coach, I will efficiently and perfectly manage like Jose Mourinho
sreerag_99
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All these managers are great. But for me it really comes down to Pep Jose. Both of them are the Messi and Ronaldo in managing. Pep who did extremely well with Barca B achieved great triumph with Barca as well. As with Jose who managed to win the Champions league with "Porto" is not bad either. He manged and won two EPL titles with Chelsea in his two seasons,the time when all time great Sir Alex Ferguson managed United. Then again he won UCL with inter beating Barca managed by pep in the semis. Then the Spanish league became intense with them managing Barca and Real. They are the pair who can't survive without each other. For me I can't choose between them as I loved pep at his time at Barca and mourinho at United (being supporter of both Barca and united😂).