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‘Win the game or I’ll cut your balls off!’, Guardiola warned his players after Muller’s equalizer
That’s how the Spanish manager tried to motivate their players after Thomas Muller had netted the equalized into the stoppage time, allowing the Bavarians to level the game recovering from two goals down.
A defeat would have certified the failure of ‘Guardiolism’ at the Allianz Arena, but the Germany International’s goal sent the game into extra time and Bayern eventually won the game 4-2 with goals came courtesy of Thiago Alcantara and Kingsley Coman.
Guardiola mixed enthusiasm, anger and competitiveness in his dressing room speech before the extra time and also Bayern Munich’s president Frank Beckenbauer confirmed to Sky Sport Germany,the former Barcelona tactician warned his players telling them something similar to “if you don’t win I’m going to castrate you all!”
Now they’ve reached the quarter finals, Bayern Munich players are probably laughing at Guardiola’s words, but we could bet they were not as relaxed when their manager warned them yesterday night.
Lorenzo Bettoni @lorebetto
