With the suffered classification of the Manchester City to the 'semis' of the League of Champions in a hard crash in front of the Athletic of Madrid, Pep has reached his ninth classification between the four better teams of the continent along his career. Of this way, the one of Santpedor has surpassed to José Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti, the one who comes to classify to the Madrid to the semifinals and will be rival of the 'sky blues'.
During his go through the FC Barcelona, always went out victorious after the quarter-finals during his four seasons in the Barcelona team: 2008-09, with the culés like champions; 2009-10, it went in semis in front of the Inter; 2010-11, second orejona for Pep like trainer, and 2011-12, when they finished falling in front of Chelsea before the goodbye of the míster.
Later, it would take a sabbatical year before landing in Munich to take the reins of the Bayern. However, in the case of the Bavarian team never could trascend of this phase, falling in front of the Real Madrid in the season 2013-14, when the whites reached his tenth Champions; 2014-15, deleted in front of the Barça of Luis Enrique, eventual champion, and 2015-16, bent in front of the Athletic of Madrid.
With the Manchester City, where has headed a sportive project more extensive and has had a backrest and greater confidence by part of the directive, went two the classifications to the instance of semifinals. The first, in the season 2020-21, where attained to go back to a final of Champions, although it would fall in front of Chelsea, and now in the course 2021-22, in which it expects him the Real Madrid as rival.
Pep, the trainer with more passes to 'semis' of Champions
In his go through Barcelona, Bayern and City, the one of Santpedor plants in the head of this section with nine semifinals in his have. They follow him José Mourinho (Chelsea, Madrid, Inter) and Carlo Ancelotti (Juventus, Milan, Bayern, Madrid) with eight each one, Alex Fergusón (Manchester United, 7), Jupp Heynckes (Bayern and Madrid, 7), Miguel Muñoz (Madrid, 6), Helenio Herrera (Barça and Inter, 5) and Louis go Gaal (Ajax, Barça and Bayern, 5).