Matthaeus: Guardiola Influenced Germany - "There is a touch of Guardiola in this Team

[zizozain]

"It's true that Guardiola has a certain influence in our team. ... Matthaeus captained Germany to their last World Cup victory in 1990,

http://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/teams/germany/lothar-matthaeus-germany-has-touch-of-pep-guardiola/168470

[zizozain]

Former Germany international, Lothar Mattaeus, believes Pep Guardiola has influenced the style of the German national team.

The 1990 World Cup champion says Germany's strong Bayern Munich block with up to seven players in the starting line-up is bringing in Guardiola

[FKAri]

Many would argue Guardiola ruined Bayern. I'm not saying I am one of them however.

[K Xerxes]

I'm pretty sure they were at about 42% possession by the time they were 5-0 up. That is not a Guardiola team, that's a devastating counter attacking team, very similar to the Madrid side that took apart Bayern this year.