Inter manager Roberto Mancini has gambled in creating an Inter side that places a premium on athleticism over technique and pressing.
Twelve years ago I sat in the bowels of a newly built, half-empty stadium in Qatar and enjoyed a long chat with a rather depressed Pep Guardiola. He was still just 32 years-old and playing for a team called Al Ahly.
Reflecting on how Johan Cruyff had handed him the keys to Barcelona's Dream Team more than a decade earlier he said: "Football was different back then. If I were a 20-year old at Barcelona today, I would never make it as a professional. At best I'd be playing in the third division. I…
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