Bayern Munich’s outgoing coach Pep Guardiola has failed to make an impact at the club despite keeping the Bavarian giants as the dominant force in Germany, says the club’s former forward Ivica Olic on Thursday.
The 36-year old Croatian, who won the 2010 German league and cup double during his three-year spell at the club, criticised Guardiola following Bayern’s elimination by Atletico Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals on Tuesday.
‘Guardiola was knocked out of three successive Champions League semis and by Bayern’s high standards that’s a failure,’ Olic was quoted as saying by the online edition of Croatian daily Sportske Novosti.
‘Yes, Atletico play destructive football but they knew exactly what they wanted and in this chess game Simeone made all the right moves,’ said Olic, who played in two losing Champions League finals for Bayern before leaving in 2012 to join VfL Wolfsburg.
‘Guardiola stuck to his philosophy and it failed to land a European title, although he had to deal with the burden of expectation from the start.
‘He came after Heynckes who won it all, hence Guardiola could only emulate his success. But he didn’t and won’t be remembered’.
Guardiola Is A Failure - Former Bayern Munich Star
