Former Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni has criticised Pep Guardiola’s tika- taka style and believes the Spaniard gets his Bayern Munich team to overplay.
Despite the German side’s domination in the Bundesliga and being one of the favourites for the Champions League, the Italian remains unimpressed.
Speaking to Bild, Trapattoni was honest in his assessment of the Manchester City-bound manager and his current side’s style of football.
He said: ‘What I see in world football at the moment is true particularly for Bayern.
‘For me there’s too much possession. Tick, tack, tick, tack. Tuck, tuck, tuck. To and fro. With too little return. And after 27 minutes they shoot on the goal for the first time – that’s inefficient.
‘You have to attack in a more determined manner. There is a goal in the middle – when the midfielders pass the ball backwards, 70 metres away from that goal, I don’t like it. For me it’s too much.
‘There was a Swedish coach at AC Milan 30 years ago, Nils Liedholm. He started with the idea of permanent possession. But football is jab jab. Shoot and score. The thing with possession is not new – with Pep it’s extreme.’
The highly-experienced Trapattoni has been out of work since leaving the Republic of Ireland in 2013.
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