Pep Guardiola was convinced. About two years ago, the Bayern Munich coach was dissecting a 1-0 defeat at Real Madrid in the Champions League semifinals when he conceived the perfect game plan for turning the two-match series around: a 3-4-3 system that prioritised numerical superiority in midfield. "Domè, don't let me change my mind," he told his assistant Domènec Torrent, according to Pep Confidential, the book written by Marti Perarnau. "This is the only way to go."
The idea was to control possession and stay patient against a Madrid team playing on the counter-attack. But just before the game, Guardiola changed his mind. He switched to a more frantic and all-out-attack 4-2-4. Bayern lost 4-0 and though they had much of the ball, they ceded control of the midfield zone in which Guardiola usually focuses so intently. Perarnau described it as a choice between patience and passion. Guardiola had gone for passion, betraying his instincts, abandoning his beliefs.
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