Schweinsteiger blames Guardiola's philosophy for Germany's decline

July 7 - Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has been partly blamed for the recent decline of the German national team.

Former German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger told British radio Talksport that Germany lost some of its values ​​because of the way the Spaniard trained during his time in the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich .

"When Pep Guardiola joined Bayern, when he came to the country, everyone thought we had to play this kind of football, like short passing and everything. We were losing our values" , said Schweinsteiger who played under Guardiola for two seasons.

It was a trophy-laden period for the Bavarians, including three Bundesliga titles, but they lost in the Champions League semi-finals in each of their three seasons under Guardiola.

Schweinsteiger believes the Manchester City manager's philosophy is partly responsible for the loss of traditional German football values ​​over the past 10 years. Germany won the World Cup in 2014 and reached the Euro semi-finals in 2016, but have struggled since.

"I think most other countries looked at Germany as a fighter, we can run to the end and everything. Forces got lost in the last seven, eight years. We were more focused on playing the ball well to each other. That's one of the reasons,” Schweinsteiger said.

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