Pep Guardiola won the Champions League as part of Manchester City (1:0 with Inter), this is the third trophy of this kind in the coach’s career (the first two were won with Barcelona).

Pep Guardiola was optimistic ahead of the Champions League final with Inter

Valenti (92 years old – the father of a technician) talked about a conversation with his son before the final in Istanbul and told about the secret of success in any field.

After several attempts, Pep managed to triumph in the Champions League with a team other than Barcelona.

At the age of 92, Valenti Guardiola (father of the famous coach) told journalist Emiliano Nunha about his son’s last performances.

Valenti says Pep called him half an hour before the final between Manchester City and Inter. He was an optimist and thought that he would conquer “Colossus” again.

“It was a great joy (not that he won the trophy). At times I suffered because the goal was not scored and I was afraid that we might fail again.

I hardly moved (not from where he was sitting), I didn’t go out on the terrace because there are matches I don’t watch anymore because the pressure is so high and I’m nervous.

At the age of 92, I never thought I would see my child win the Champions League again.” Valenti GuardiolaPep Guardiola’s father.

Pep Guardiola’s father and the secret to success in any field: Work, work, work

In the continuation of his interview, Valenti also talks about the fact that there is a secret in any field, and it is simply called: work.

“At the age of 14, I spent 10 hours building bricks and rode a bicycle for 12 kilometers. In this sense, my children are like me: work, work, work.

You have to live 24 hours for what you do. Whether you’re a bricklayer like me or a coach like Pep.

He always calls me before the game, but now he called me 30 minutes before the game. He was calm and confident and told me, well, dad, we’re ready to go on the field, I think we’re going to win.

The only thing I would like from now on is for him to be as before and for him and his family to be healthy and live happily.

I think he has reached a point in his career where it will be difficult for him to achieve more. I wish him only health, because if health is lost, then everything is lost” – Valenti Guardiola according to the cited source, Digisport reports.

To learn about Pep Guardiola

• The 52-year-old technician won the Champions League trophy for the third time, having won it twice on the bench of Barcelona (2009 and 2011).

• Pep Guardiola became only the second manager after Sir Alex Ferguson to win the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League with an English team.