How Pep Guardiola turned Rodri into the world’s best midfielder
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It was half-time in the Champions League final in June and Pep Guardiola was worried. For 45 minutes, Manchester City had struggled against an unfancied Inter Milan side. Now Guardiola was in the changing room, asking his players: “What’s wrong with us? Even Rodri isn’t playing well.”
Many might have taken it personally, to be singled out when anyone at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium could see that Rodri was not the only City player underperforming. But Guardiola knew who he was talking to. Rodri was glad to be told he was capable of better. He went out for the second half, scored the winner and was named man of the match as City clinched the Treble.
Is there any player in the world as important