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Champions League: How semi-final coaches were inspired by Pep Guardiola

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Five of the eight Champions League quarter-finalists this season played a version of positional football.

Pep Guardiola developed the model further than anyone before him, laying the foundation for a new cultural framework.

Three of Guardiola 's disciples - Luis Enrique , Mikel Arteta and Hansi Flick - find themselves in this week 's Champions League semi-finals.

In five years almost everyone will be playing some version of positional football.

Emery embraced positional principles not because of ideology, but because they offered greater control, clarity and consistency.

The next generation of coaches is already fluent in its language and soon it will be universal.

A new football culture has taken over - and it's here to stay.

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