Guardiola to enter record books against Viktoria Plzen – La Liga News
It will not be just another night in Europe for Barcelona as history books will be altered. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 coach, Josep Guardiola, will enter Catalan history books on November 2, as he leads his team against Viktoria Plzen.
The Catalan team will take on Czech champions, Viktoria Plzen, at Štruncovy Sady Stadion in their Group H encounter. Josep Guardiola will coach La Blaugrana for the 200th time on the night, as he joins an elite panel.
Guardiola’s name will be incorporated into the list of club legends, such as Luis Van Gaal, Rinus Michels, Frank Rijkaard and Johan Cruyff.
His predecessors have a higher match tallies in their belts but the academy product has a far superior trophy haul.
The former Spanish international has 15 titles to his name, followed by Cruyff with 12. However, the Dutch maestro took more time to complete his achievements, as he was at the helm of the club for 430 matches.
Guardiola has a higher winning percentage (71.8), lower percentage of losses (8.6) and fewest concessions of goals (0.71).
La Masia academy graduate is also on the brink of shattering more records on the night. Barcelona have scored 496 goals under his tutelage, and need four more to reach the mark of 500.
With reigning World Player of the Year, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296, in a blistering goal scoring form, it will not be a surprise if the Catalan team breaks the record.
Barca scored 518 goals under Frank Rijkaard, which is a record for the outfit from Catalonia. However, the Dutch coach took far more matches, 273 to be exact.
In addition to these aforementioned feats, Guardiola will continue his reign as the more features Catalan coach in Europe’s elite club competition.
Guardiola has led Barcelona in 43 matches, however, he is tied with Frank Rijkaard for the most number of wins, with 25.
If the Catalan team wins against the Czech champions, not only will he overtake his predecessor, but will come on level terms with the record of Luis Van Gaal.
Guardiola has said that his team will come out in search of the win, and make qualification for the knockout round their top priority.
Barcelona are currently placed in second position in Group H, level on points with Italian titans, AC Milan.
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