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Five of the best moments in football of the week - 20th October

It was a rather busy week in football after leagues resumed their football after the international break. The Indian Super League also completed their week in world football, and it is safe to say that it has been receiving quite the reputation.From controversial sending offs to unexpected player gestures, we take a look at the five most interesting moments from this last week:

#5 Pep Guardiola: I hate tiki-taka

Pep Guardiola hates the philosophy he is best known for.

Pep Guardiola is often regarded as the pioneer of the idea behind the tiki-taka and false 9 philosophy, but what does the man think about it himself?

In a new biography by journalist Marti Perarnau about the Catalan manager titled Pep Confidential, there are descriptions which portray his true feelings about the style of play so successfully employed by his record-breaking Barcelona side. According to the book, Guardiola blasted Bayern Munich players at the dinner table after an unimpressive win over Nürnberg.

“I loathe all that passing for the sake of it, all that tiki-taka. It's so much rubbish and has no purpose. You have to pass the ball with a clear intention, with the aim of making it into the opposition's goal. It's not about passing for the sake of it.”

Following the meeting, Guardiola told his players the next day that passing is pointless without purpose. “Be yourselves. You need to dig into your own DNA. I hate tiki-taka. Tiki-taka means passing the ball for the sake of it, with no clear intention. And it's pointless.”

“Don't believe what people say. Barça didn't do tiki-taka! It's completely made up! Don't believe a word of it! In all team sports, the secret is to overload one side of the pitch so that the opponent must tilt its own defence to cope. You overload on one side and draw them in so that they leave the other side weak,” he added expressing his disappointment with the brand of football he is often related to.

You can read the full story here.

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