Guardiola unrelenting with 12th trophy in bag
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August 28, 2011, Sunday
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BARCELONA coach Pep Guardiola intends to continue his relentless pursuit of silverware after collecting his 12th trophy in four years following the Spanish side's 2-0 win over Porto in the European Super Cup in Monaco on Friday.
Despite only being in the job since 2008, Guardiola has already eclipsed Johan Cruyff's haul of 11 trophies during his tenure as manager from 1988-96 as Barcelona added the European trophy to the Spanish Super Cup it collected last week.
Guardiola, however, said there would be no sitting back and counting his honors and that he was amazed by the competitiveness of his players, who just craved more and more success.
Since becoming coach he has now won the Champions League twice, three La Liga titles, three Spanish Super Cups, the Copa del Rey, two European Super Cups and the Club World Cup.
But there was no end in sight to what this team could achieve, he said: "There are still many ways we can get better and improve.
"If we think we can't do that then we're wrong and we will come up against other people out there who will have motivation to do things better than us," he told reporters.
Barcelona won a spirited match with goals from Lionel Messi and substitute Cesc Fabregas against a Porto team that finished with nine men after two late red cards for Rolando and Fredy Guarin.
The victory was a satisfactory one for Guardiola, who also won 10 major titles as a Barcelona player between 1990 and 2001.
With the Spanish players strike now over, Barcelona will start its league campaign at home to Villarreal tomorrow.
Despite only being in the job since 2008, Guardiola has already eclipsed Johan Cruyff's haul of 11 trophies during his tenure as manager from 1988-96 as Barcelona added the European trophy to the Spanish Super Cup it collected last week.
Guardiola, however, said there would be no sitting back and counting his honors and that he was amazed by the competitiveness of his players, who just craved more and more success.
Since becoming coach he has now won the Champions League twice, three La Liga titles, three Spanish Super Cups, the Copa del Rey, two European Super Cups and the Club World Cup.
But there was no end in sight to what this team could achieve, he said: "There are still many ways we can get better and improve.
"If we think we can't do that then we're wrong and we will come up against other people out there who will have motivation to do things better than us," he told reporters.
Barcelona won a spirited match with goals from Lionel Messi and substitute Cesc Fabregas against a Porto team that finished with nine men after two late red cards for Rolando and Fredy Guarin.
The victory was a satisfactory one for Guardiola, who also won 10 major titles as a Barcelona player between 1990 and 2001.
With the Spanish players strike now over, Barcelona will start its league campaign at home to Villarreal tomorrow.
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