On the cons side, this book is a bit boring at times. First of all, it is not a genuine biography. The book focuses more on the tactics side of Guardiola. Overall, readers will be disappointed with lacks of details on Guardiola's life. The worst part... although the cover of the book is blue, the book itself only mentioned about the "blue" side in the last chapter. 95% of this book is about Bayern Munich. Well, nothing wrong with that. But, the facts that Bayern was never my favorite team and I think there are better stuff on Pep Guardiola (which never revealed in the book). The author seems fall in love with Guardiola. At the end, it is more like propaganda than a book!
On the pros side... amazing! Like I said above, the timing to read this book coincides with the tremendous form from Citeh at the moment. The more I read this book, the more I appreciate the beautiful football being played by the troop of Guardiola. This book is a fantastic insight into Guardiola's coaching and managing at the highest level. The title of "evolution" is just right as we are having a great coach who simply evolve non-stop. This reminds me on his first press conference where he mentioned he came to Manchester City to learn and practice new stuff. What a humble man!
For a rating of 10, I personally rate this book at 6/10. As mentioned above, certain part of this book (the Bayern stuff) really annoyed me. However, this book explained in details on how this man evolves on his ideas all the time. It gives us an insight into the mind of Guardiola, which transforms Citeh into a great team at the moment. I would recommend this book only if you do not hate Bayern Munich. If you hate them, this book is definitely not your cup of tea... (LOL)
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