Pep Guardiola's tenure
at Bayern Munich has been braded "a failure"
by former striker Ivica Olic, after they exited the Champions League at the
semi-final stage for a third successive season.
Trailing 1-0 from their
first leg with Atletico Madrid, Bayern started well on Tuesday and went on
to record a 2-1 victory, but Antoine Griezmann's away goal saw the
Spaniards progress.
Bayern have dominated the Bundesliga
under ex-Barcelona boss Guardiola – who will join Manchester City in
2016-17 – and could still win the double this season, but their lack of
progress in Europe has led to Olic to offer a damning indictment of
his time in charge.
"Guardiola was knocked out of three
successive Champions League semis and by Bayern's high standards that's a
failure," Olic told Sportske
Novosti.
"Maybe people at Bayern will now say he won a haul of
domestic trophies, but given the strength of the club's roster, that's an
accomplishment they should take for granted.
"Yes, Atletico play destructive football but they knew
exactly what they wanted and in this chess game Simeone made all the right
moves.
"Guardiola stuck to his philosophy and it failed to
land a European title, although he had to deal with the burden of expectation
from the start.
"He came after Heynckes who won it all, hence Guardiola
could only emulate his success. But he didn't and won't be remembered."
Prior to Guardiola's arrival Bayern had lifted the Champions
League for a fifth time, Jupp Heynckes finishing his time at the club on a high
at Wembley.
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