Coaching career started as a college team coach

"Look at Wolves?" When Motta first heard Guardiola say this name, it is no exaggeration to say that his first reaction was "Who is Wolves?"

Motta would not doubt that Guardiola was making fun of him, because he knew Guardiola's character. When it comes to business, Guardiola must be more serious than everyone else. Therefore, Guardiola must have his reasons for recommending this team to him.

Guardiola seemed to have anticipated Motta's question.

"Don't you know this team?"

Motta answered directly, "Indeed."

"That's normal, because when we were playing football, Wolves were almost hanging around in the second-tier league. Later, they went to the Premier League for a few seasons, but they were basically the role of runners-up. Basically, they struggled to stay in the league or were relegated."

After hearing Guardiola's explanation, Motta became more curious. Why would Guardiola recommend such a team? It seems that this team is like most professional teams in England. Although it has a long history, the management is very unprofessional, lacks financial resources, and the technical level is behind the times...

This is a stereotype, but also a fact.

"However, the team welcomed a new owner in 2015. Chinese capital bought the team and began to promote the professionalization of the team. A year later, Wolves hired a new head coach. You may not have heard of this name. His name is Wei Le."

"I have an impression." Motta said, "But in the past two years, I have basically only focused on playing football. I don't know much about other leagues. I just heard of this name."

Guardiola smiled and said, "Now I have a good relationship with him. When he was younger than me, he had more ideas."

"When he was younger than you? Come on, you are the creator of the Dream Three Wang Chao, how can he be better than you?"

Guardiola smiled embarrassedly, "He is definitely not as good as me, and it seems that he has no experience now. But he has great potential. I think he may become a more successful head coach than me."

"Such a high evaluation?" Motta was very surprised.

"He is very unique. I think he is going to be Ferguson in Wolves. The first thing he did when he came to the team was to wash out most of the players and replace them with his own. At that time, the team was only in the lower middle of the second-tier league."

"Then, he bought Jota and Rodri. These two names..."

"Rodri is from Wolves?!" Motta widened his eyes. This time he had an impression. He paid attention to Rodri's performance in the European Youth Championship and thought he must be a promising talent. He was recently absorbed into the training camp of the Spanish first team, but he didn't pay much attention to this matter.

But he didn't expect that he was bought by Wolves.

"And this is the beginning of everything. Relying on a group of children, he broke the record and was promoted to the Premier League. Then in the second round of the Premier League this season, guess who he met?"

"You guys?" Motta guessed.

"No, we met Manchester United, the Manchester United led by Jose Mourinho."

Motta asked subconsciously, "How many teams did they lose? What happened later?"

"Later, they even had the upper hand on the field, and the final score was 0-0. Then in the fifth round, they met us." Guardiola did not keep it a secret this time, "They beat us, that game was 1-2, and we lost."

"They restricted our front players very much, and then I really noticed him."

Motta was surprised at first, and then he was relieved. It was reasonable. If there was no such a big "deed", how could Guardiola recommend this team to him to learn?

"They are now ranked fifth in the Premier League. I expect they should be able to keep their place in the Europa League this season."

"Wait, what do you mean by 'keep'?" Motta was stunned for a moment, "Does that mean they...will play in the Europa League this season?"

"Look at the Europa League 1/16 finals. They just defeated Dortmund."

"Fuck!" Motta was stunned. He really couldn't figure it out. "When will the Championship League play in the Europa League?"

"It's very simple. They just need to win the FA Cup or the League Cup." Guardiola couldn't help laughing. "They won the League Cup and beat Manchester United."

"Ah? The Championship team beat Manchester United?...Oh, I seem to remember that I saw such news last year. I thought it was some marketing hype, but it turned out to be true?!"

"It's true." Guardiola nodded. "I also had some doubts at the time. I thought it was luck, but after meeting this season, I don't think so. I talked to him and found that he was very interested in football.The understanding is very profound. "

Motta was shocked after he got through to Guardiola on the phone. His wife Angela cast a somewhat dissatisfied look. Motta quickly expressed his apology with gestures.

"I recommend Wolves to you, mainly because Wolves is an ordinary but special team." Guardiola said, "Tiago, the teams you played in before were all giants. You can definitely learn a lot from Manchester City, but Manchester City is only a small number of teams with abundant funds. Most teams are actually like Wolves. They don't invest heavily, and they are very cautious in recruiting players. They can't say that they are tight in operation, but they need to live with their wallets."

Guardiola said this, Motta didn't think he was bragging, because Manchester City's head coach did have the capital to say so. Manchester City is a team that "spends money like water."

"In this way, you can understand how an ordinary team really works." Guardiola explained.

"What's special? "Motta is very concerned about what special abilities Guardiola has laid for "Wei Le" for so long, which can make a group of young people burst out with unprecedented abilities.

"Because he is very young." Guardiola laughed, "He is only three years older than my son."

"Your son? Marius? Wasn't he born in 1998?"

"Yes, Wei Le was born in 1995."

"Ah? ? !" Motta howled again, and his wife Angela really couldn't sit still, grabbing a pillow on the sofa and smashing it on Motta's back.

"You know why I think he has high potential? At his age, he can do what he can do. Even if he doesn't work in football, he must be a genius."

"He told me something about the team's operations. His ideas conflict with my ideas, but there is also resonance. Because we are competitors after all, he didn't tell me more. But in short, he has a good relationship with all the players. Everyone likes him and is willing to play for him. ”

“Wolves are all young people, their average age should be less than 23 years old, maybe even lower. So, don’t you have to learn how to get along with young players? Wolves are all young people. ”

Motta nodded frequently, “What about tactics? How about tactics?”