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The praise heaped upon Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola was often so effusive that in September 2010, perhaps in an attempt to defuse the adulation, he joked: "Maybe it's true. Maybe when I piss, I do piss perfume."
It was a Catalan take on the old Chuck Norris line: When Chuck Norris does a pushup, he's actually just pushing down earth. In some ways, that's what Guardiola did at Barcelona after taking over in 2008.
It's not just the fact that he won 13 trophies in four seasons—among them three Spanish titles, a Spanish Cup with the chance for another one May 25, two Champions League crowns and two World Club Cups—in what was arguably the most dominant quadrennium of any manager in the history of soccer. What really made Guardiola stand out was the successful ...
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