Pep Guardiola and Mauricio Pochettino, parallel lives

The 'Parallel Lives' is the best-known work of the historian Plutarch, in it, the last of the great writers of the Hellenistic period, provides a series of comparisons between a Greek and a Roman character, of which perhaps the best known is that of Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. If the good of Plutarch were alive now and would like to find football biographical subject sure to spend a Guardiola parallel lives and Mauricio Pochettino.

Each of the protagonists of our story played in one of the two clubs of Barcelona and set up trophies to be key players in their teams. Whether one or the other were those players who spend the game talking, making extension of coach on the lawn, putting his teammates, correcting errors, raising tempers. Seeing them on the pitch already showing ways to coach, so that nobody could be surprised that, as concluded their careers as a professional player is put on the card drawn coach.

As fate is fickle and likes to play, provided that the paths cross Guardiola Pochettino and at that point and share promotion, graduating together in the same course. Both found shelter in the house which had served with distinction for many years and began their new careers outside of the major foci. Reached a crisis point in both institutions, the removal of Mané in Montjuic and the end of the Age Rijkaard at Barça ", both were elected to take the helm of two ships to drift.

The Santpedor quickly achieved extraordinary results, certainly, and the Argentine took longer to shape their idea, but of course, is much easier to organize an army when you have money, but disordered in internal chaos, the legions exist and have proven their worth coming to conquer Europe, whether through intervention of fate or to follow the path of my allegory, it is curious that Guardiola was crowned with laurel precisely in Rome. Returning to the subject, the truth is that Pochettino has taken a while to get your project rolling but no less true that Espanyol caught us by surprise many of us. At the start of the season we talked about the Atletico, Valencia, Sevilla, Villarreal ... and therein lies the Espanyol, hobnobbing in noble positions with a clear idea, a style that began to consolidate and a new stadium without detracting from the History of Sarria has a certain magic that fuels the courage parrot.

Each with its style and the goal posts at its disposal, both documents has been able to channel their teams in a good dynamic, game and results. Last night they passed in Cornella-El Prat and the final score could be invited to think Guardiola's men to exterminate the Pochettino. Not so: yes, Barca won with absolute clarity, but never broke down Espanyol and lowered his arms, a symptom common to most rivals Barcelona, who after mortally wound his opponent, the vaccine for doze to the sound of the ball, hence yesterday did not have to settle for one of those sequels where the Blaugrana until we get bored.

Now Pochettino Guardiola and follow their own paths and, in addition to the required meeting in the second round, the only way to return to face this year is a hypothetical end-Cup competition, as players, both won twice. There would be no better time for these two men so different to re-offer a new chapter in his Parallel Lives.

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