Pep Guardiola criticizes FA and is strong for revolution in the junior area

Pep Guardiola has severely criticized the FA for limiting three changes per game. In addition, the coach of Manchester City was strong for a revolution in English junior football.

Even if there are five changes around the world, there were only three here in England, said Guardiola at the press conference after the 6-1 victory of the Skyblues in the Carabao Cup against the Wycombe Wanderers with a serious voice and pushed after: And that with this game plan - that s ridiculous. That s why many players hurt because we can not change five times.

Accordingly, everywhere in the world would be respected to the health of the players, not only in England, the 50-year-old emphasized: Maybe the big bosses, the clever guys, one day can explain why that s the way it is.

He also suggested that the U23 teams should play in high-class leagues in the future. In the League Cup, five junior players had stood against the third division in the start of the former Bayern coach.

Guardiola: So we can not train you

They have the rhythm because they train with us. Otherwise, they could not play, Guardiola said, It would be better if they were better than Wycombe and their legendary striker (Adebayo Akinfenwa, no. could play. So the players can best develop. They should play every day against teams from the Championship or League One, not only in training with us against players like Jack (Greaseh; Note d. Red.), Phil ( Foden), Gabriel (Jesus) and Riyad (Mahrez). That would be the best for the English football.

In England, the U23 teams play in a separate league. It is therefore common that top teams in the cup competitions rely on their youth players to enable this first experiences in professional football.

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The games against 17- and 18-year-olds would not help the talents. Almost every game would go out 4: 0 or 5: 0, so Guardiola: So we can not train you, that s not good for you.