ps, I am very sorry... When I uploaded this second update last night, I don't know why, but I couldn't publish the update no matter what. Clicking on the timed update release page had no response. I restarted my computer and changed to another computer, but it still didn't work. I had no choice but to put it off until today. As a result, today I planned to focus on writing and haven't been online since I got up, so I forgot about it...

I just remembered it now, and I'm rushing to release the update in a flustered state...

Please forgive me!

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Guardiola didn't necessarily fail to comprehend that realm; rather, he thought of it but was unwilling to do it. After all, some people can regard vanity as dirt as long as they have real money. Most ordinary people are like this; for them, nothing is as useful and lovely as real money.

What's the point of having a reputation without so much money? On the contrary, they are burdened by fame and live uncomfortably.

Because many ordinary people are grassroots, they know the hardships of life and know that if fame cannot be exchanged for money, it is nothing. For them, living better is the ultimate goal.

But for those higher-level elites, living better is just the lowest goal; they can achieve it without doing anything. What they need is huge prestige, which can distinguish them from ordinary people.

The more famous people are, the more so. They are constantly pursuing fame throughout their lives.

This is true in all walks of life, in any era.

This has even become an obsession for those people, making them unable to let go until they die.

This has even been sublimated by them into the saying: "Glory is my life."

What does glory mean to real grassroots people? Can it be eaten? How much does it cost per pound? Good people don't suffer immediate losses, kneeling down and begging for a life… They really have no psychological burden to do this kind of thing.

The same is true in the world of football.

Guardiola is an elite in the football world. He comes from a famous family. From his playing days, he was a top player in world football, and he played for one of the best teams in the world. This is simply like being a member of a large family with a century of heritage.

For such a person, just becoming a qualified head coach is no longer his goal. His goal from the beginning was to create his own legend. His first coaching experience at Barcelona was very successful, one could say amazing. This has also raised his expectations and thresholds.

He can no longer accept performances that are not as good as this result.

He cherishes the reputation he gained from his first coaching experience at Barcelona as if he cherishes his own feathers.

So he doesn't like to hear people say that his coaching achievements were all achieved by Messi, Xavi, Iniesta and others.

This is actually vanity, and it is also a heavy shackle attached to Guardiola.

Many people have worked hard all their lives for fame, but in the end they are ruined by their own fame. So this thing is a double-edged sword. It can both allow you to enjoy the glory that others cannot enjoy, and it can also make you run around and live several times harder than others. After all, to maintain your reputation, it is impossible to lie at home and sleep comfortably. If you want to sleep soundly, then just wait for your fame to slowly wear out.

Another example is Boas.

Why is Boas still transferring non-stop, from one team to another, desperately trying to show his ability, even if it means directly clashing with the team's number one star.

Isn't he just burdened by vanity?

He used to be the assistant of the famous coach Mourinho, and he can barely be considered "from a famous family." His coaching record at Porto was also good. He led Porto to win the Portuguese Super League title, the Portuguese Cup title, and the Europa League title, which can be considered a small treble. Such a high starting point allowed him to gain a lot of fame in a short period of time. This helped him, making it much easier for him to jump into a wealthy club than other head coaches, but it also became his burden. Everyone knows that he has this glorious record, so naturally they will expect him to continue his glory.

To this end, he needs to constantly use achievements to prove himself.

In this way, he has been working hard, but has not yet succeeded, and the fame brought to him by his previous treble is also disappearing little by little. This can be seen from the changes in the level of the teams he coaches. At the beginning, they were wealthy clubs such as Chelsea and Inter Milan, but after failing to achieve success in these two teams, he is now coaching Manchester City, a nouveau riche club. Neither its heritage nor its reputation is as good as the previous two.

If he still cannot succeed in Manchester City, I am afraid that he will have to go to mid-range teams such as Tottenham and Newcastle United to coach... Furthermore, he may have to go far away to coach in distant Russia or even the Middle East.

Fame can bring many benefits to its owner, but it also makes the owner suffer.

How can it be like Martin O'Neill, a grassroots figure? Although he came from Nottingham Forest, Forest has never been considered a wealthy club, only a hero from the grassroots. His coaching also started with the amateur team Wycombe. The starting point is so low that it cannot be lower. In the coaching circle, he is simply a grassroots among grassroots.

Because he is a grassroots, he can afford to take it and let it go. Because grassroots people have nothing to begin with, they are not worried about losing anything.

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Guardiola ultimately did not replace Messi. The game had only just started for more than ten minutes. If he were to replace someone after losing a goal, wouldn't that make him look too flustered?

What kind of unskilled head coach would do that?

So Guardiola ended up doing nothing, just standing on the sidelines with his hands in his pockets, frowning and looking at the field.

He can only hope that his young players can adapt to the game as soon as possible, and then perform to the standards they showed in the La Masia training camp. He believes that as long as these players can perform normally, defeating PSV Eindhoven should not be too difficult.

But he waited until the end of the first half without seeing his players perform normally. On the contrary, they appeared very embarrassed under PSV Eindhoven's aggressive offensive.

You must know that even if PSV Eindhoven is not as good as Barcelona in terms of strength, they are still a team that has experienced many battles. The fighting power and momentum that they erupt in a life-or-death battle cannot be completely resisted by Barcelona's youth team players.

They are like a group of recruits, the kind whose bodies tremble when they hear the sound of cannons.

Perhaps if they were given a relaxed environment, they could gradually adapt to the rhythm of the game. But PSV Eindhoven did not give them the opportunity to do so. They constantly put pressure on Barcelona's young players, making them unable to think at all and unable to calm down, only able to run around.

It would be strange if they could perform well like this.

Guardiola did not see any signs of improvement in his team, but instead kept hearing bad news from Vilanova.

"In the twenty-second minute, Liverpool took the lead again. The goal was scored by Gerrard..."

"In the thirty-seventh minute, Hero scored twice..."

Seeing that the first half was about to end, Vilanova stood up from the coaching bench again, then walked to Guardiola's side, and was about to speak when Guardiola interrupted him.

"Tito, you don't need to pay attention to the game over there anymore."

"But this time Dortmund scored a goal. They scored an away goal!" Vilanova was still quite excited. Now Liverpool's lead has changed from three goals to two goals. If it continues like this, maybe Dortmund can score another one? With two away goals, even if they lose the game in the end, Dortmund still has a chance to fight back when they return to their home field.

"It's meaningless. Dortmund can't change the situation. It's the same whether you listen or not." Guardiola shook his head pessimistically.

In fact, Guardiola just didn't want to keep hearing the news of Liverpool scoring and Chen Hero scoring, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

His own team was struggling in the quagmire, while his arch-rival was singing triumphantly, which made him very unhappy.

Vilanova did not know the coach's thoughts, and he was still somewhat skeptical of Guardiola's statement. He is now constantly cheering for Dortmund in his heart, hoping that they can be more competitive in the second half and score another goal.

He didn't really listen to Guardiola's words, but continued to wear his headphones. Guardiola didn't say anything when he saw him like this.

Some people, no matter how much you say, they won't believe it. They always have to see it with their own eyes and hear it with their own ears.

He never thought about it. If Dortmund could cause trouble for Liverpool, how could Liverpool allow Barcelona to face such a formidable enemy?

So there is no need to watch the game between Liverpool and Dortmund anymore. It must be a big win for Liverpool over Dortmund. Perhaps the suspense in the second leg will be gone as well.

He stood on the sidelines and waited until the end of the first half, but the team's performance did not improve at all.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, Guardiola took the lead in walking towards the players' tunnel without looking back.

Whether they were on the field or on the bench, when the Barcelona players saw their coach like this, they all knew that Guardiola was angry...

"Ah, the first half of the game is over! This first half really surprised us! The powerful Barcelona is actually 0:1 behind PSV Eindhoven on the road! Although Barcelona has replaced many young players, these players are all geniuses produced by La Masia, and they have long been well-known in the transfer market!"

The commentators were also surprised that the first half ended with this result.

They had always thought that even though PSV Eindhoven scored early, they also left Barcelona with enough time to equalize and overtake. At the very least, Barcelona could equalize before the end of the first half, and then achieve a comeback in the second half.

Who would have thought that they would wait until the end of the first half without seeing Barcelona equalize. On the contrary, PSV Eindhoven almost continued to extend the score several times...

More commentators looked at Guardiola's disappearing back in the tunnel entrance and didn't know what to say.

Barcelona, which was favored by everyone, encountered such a difficult game.

In another game, Liverpool was massacring Dortmund.

The two teams haven't even played against each other yet, but I'm afraid they have already distinguished themselves...