It was July 27 when it happened: Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp, the coaches of those who are now considered to be probably the ones who have marked football the most in recent decades, met for the first time. On July 27, 2013. Pep making his debut on the Bayern bench. Klopp, managing Borussia Dortmund. At stake the German Super Cup. Borussia Dortmund took it by winning 4-2.
These are, one by one, all the confrontations between Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp throughout their careers. History says that there are 12 victories for the German and 10 for the Catalan.
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In between Guardiola and Klopp First Bundesligas and then Premier Leagues have been played during this past decade. In front of the Manchester City y del Liverpool respectively, they met in a Champions League quarterfinal, those of 2017-18 (they went to the Liverpool (both victories by 3-0 and 1-2), who lost the final against Real Madrid).
Klopp left Pep without the past final of the FA Cup (by eliminating him in the semifinals and the title went to the ‘reds’ on penalties against Chelsea). AND Pep left Klopp out of this edition of the Carabao Cup (3-2), which in the end won the Manchester United.
This story began almost ten years ago and continues this Saturday.
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