The curious claim of a former Italian scorer to Guardiola: “You ruined football with the false nine”

Luca Toni, world champion with the Italian National Team, had a fun back and forth with the Manchester City coach. “I spent four years without finding equipment!” he reproached him, laughing.

Pep Guardiolacurrent coach of Manchester City and one of the best technical directors in history, received a curious claim from Luca Toniformer Italian goalscorer and world champion in Germany 2006: he secured his false nine, he ruined football!

The former soccer player, who was his teammate at Brescia in Italy, reproached the Spanish coach, between drinks, in a meeting at a restaurant in Brescia. “They say he is one of the people who has changed football, “but the ‘false nine’ has ruined football”, launched. And, laughing, he reproached him: “I spent four years without finding a team!”

“I like (Erling) Haaland, who scores 60 goals a season. Have you not seen the treble I have won playing as a center forward? “What happens is that the center forward has to be good.”, was the response of the Spanish coach.

Guardiola’s meeting with former Brescia teammates

Pep Guardiola, Manchester City coach, and former Italian footballer Roberto Baggio met again after 21 years without seeing each other, at a dinner in which, in addition, Luca Toni was there, all former teammates in the Brescia city team where the long-awaited reunion took place.

After Guardiola visited one of the most important programs on Italian television this Sunday (‘Che tempo che fa’) and connected remotely with Baggio, with whom he formed a great friendship during his time in Italian football, The reunion in person after 21 years without seeing each other was the most anticipated.

In fact, Guardiola already warned on the program: “Roby, I’m coming to look for you,” the Catalan coach announced.

The image of their reunion occurred this Tuesday, at a dinner at a restaurant in Brescia (north) called Laboratorio Lanzani, a mythical restaurant in the city center. They were not alone, because other big names such as Luca Toni and Andrea Caracciolo also attended from that team.

Guardiola, Baggio and Toni, who met at Brescia at the beginning of the century -Guardiola played for two seasons, from 2001 to 2003-, formed the best Brescia in its history and the level of this team that now plays in Serie B is far away. , the Italian second division.

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