Pep Guardiola would, in an unguarded moment, probably concede that he has a slight tendency toward hyperbole.
With eyes wide and voice breathless, he will sing the praises of some hopelessly overmatched opponent his Manchester City team has just beaten by 6-1, his players’ jerseys untainted by sweat.
“Guys,” he will say, “guys, they are so good.
The likeliest explanation is that it is just who Guardiola is: passionate and intense and deeply enthusiastic, still, about his sport.
There might be just a dash of noblesse oblige in there, too, a little well-intentioned clemency from soccer’s great conqueror.
Persons:
Pep Guardiola, breathless, Guardiola, soccer’s
Organizations:
Manchester City