Tim Howard: "Pep Guardiola has ruined football, everyone wants to play possession"

In a conversation with Overlap US, the former United States goalkeeper confessed that Guardiola is ruining football: “I think what has happened is that, in every sense, Pep Guardiola ruined football. Pep Guardiola taught everyone that they can play possession football, and they can't. "Not everyone can do it, only three teams in the world can do it really well," Howard revealed.

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There is some truth in Howard's words, nowadays many teams abuse excess possession, but not all know how to use possession. We have seen several teams that want to come out with the ball dominated, that pass excessively to the goalkeeper, often lose the ball, or spend only in the lower part of the field.

This style of play is not for everyone, but everyone wants to apply it. It is even common to find coaches who follow in Guardiola's footsteps and have publicly stated what their style of play is like. For example, Chelsea strategist Enzo Maresca, Marseille coach Roberto De Zerbi, and even Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta.

Now, not everyone applies Guardiola's basic concept. In his monthly column for dpa globaledia service, the Spanish coach made reference to the fact that it doesn't matter how much possession they have, how many successful passes you make, if you don't score a goal. This agrees with what Howard says, there are teams that have 70% possession, however, they do not score a goal and the rival club, scoring only a goal, beats them.

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Pep Guardiola and his obsession with ball possession

In an interview with a Spanish media, Guardiola spoke about possession and how football begins and ends when the ball is lost: "In my idea everything begins and ends with the ball. I want my players to follow that spirit. The day I return To win that style they will say that it is the future. The only thing we propose is that these players have the ball for as long as possible. When the opponent has it, then we take it away from them to recover it and from there we see what use we make of it. "