Guardiola: "Mourinho congratulated us and we thank him"

Pep Guardiola appeared in the pre-match press condference ahead of Thursday's Copa del Rey tie with Hospitalet. The coach came out in defence of Jose Mourinho for his comments this week about the FIFA Club World Cup.

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[kaloiantodorov]

Wow,some really retarded comments here.

One thing u should know is however great one team is,it always takes a great coach to succeed.Just look at Brazil and Argentina's struggle in the past decade.

Recently Xavi said Guardiola was brilliant tactic telling the team where they can find space and what should they concentrate on.

Guardiola sold greats like Ronaldinho,Deco,Eto'o,Yaya Toure,Zambrotta,Ibrahimovic.Br­ought Keita,Pique,Alves,Busquets,Ped­ro,Sanchez,etc.

He took Barca on the next level

[kaloiantodorov]

A lot of you don't realize it,but he sold the backbone of the team (Ronaldinho,Eto'o,Deco) bcuz they got too cocky, flashy, greedy, lazy.Guardiola saw they were a bad influence on Messi in particular,hindering his development and Xavi & Iniesta's too.

Almost anonimous 3-4 years ago,these players became world's top 3 great players under the guidance of Guardiola,and that alone is worth admiring.

Mou spent like crazy with Chelsea,was lucky in Inter to get cheap Eto'o+Snejder+Volcano+Offside goal

[TheMrbrayn]

@kaloiantodorov you said Eto'o was getting i quote: cocky, flashy, greedy, lazy.

well mourinho handled that pretty well didn't he? and not to mention he spent 70m at Chelsea, around the same amount Guardiola spent at Barcelona.

don't get me wrong Pep IS one of the best mangers in the world.

yeah i know your comment is 2 months old but i had to put it out there.

[iyappify]

@kaloiantodorov Lol Mourinho won with Porto and Inter the champions league.

Guardiola just won with barca which isnt very difficult lol

[franklouuu]

@lamborghini393 Barcelona has a better team...

[lamborghini393]

@Rattatui667 yes a mo'fckn lucky goal.... nd marcelo got in da way of Xavis goal, u can say it was luck but either way Barca is oviously better

.... nd real madrids goal in da last game was also lucky!... lol

[Rattatui667]

@lamborghini393

Oh, a header is a lucky goal? I think Xavis goal in the last game it was'nt luck, hu?

[lamborghini393]

Guardiola is way better dan mourinho... think bout it guardiola always wins or ties agaisnt real madrid, except for dat copa del rey final wen ronaldo got dat lucky goal!.....

[filipinachicka46]

I'm a Real Madrid but I have soo much respect of this guy. He is very classy and humble.

[IzPk]

@PoseidonSoccerDB Barcelona are the best team in the world right now, I accept this, the way they play football is beautiful, I don't think Pep is as good as everyone makes out, and I believe they have "cheated" their way through a couple of games, but nevertheless they are brilliant. I have said this through out all these comments but you cannot simply understand what I'm saying.

[liophy]

Guardiolla is consistently being classy. I am Real Madrid fan, but cannot help but admire such behaviour.

[PoseidonSoccerDB]

@IzPk Exactly what I was talking about. You are another one of those people who can't accept that Barca are at their top game right now and so you blame everything onto the referees.