A Quote by Xabi Alonso
Guardiola has a lot of knowledge about the game and understands the psychology of the players. You can see all the things he is doing well.
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One need not be eminent in any part of profound knowledge in order to understand it and to apply it. The various segments of the system of profound knowledge cannot be separated. They interact with each other. For example knowledge about psychology is incomplete without knowledge of variation.
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