Bayern Munchen Keok, Guardiola Ogah Salami Pelatih MLS All Stars
Guardiola Refuses Handshake with All-Star Coach after Bayern Munich Lost 2-1
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Washington (B2B) - Pelatih Bayern Muenchen Pep Guardiola marah dan tidak bersedia berjabat tangan dengan pelatih tim lawan, setelah timnya yang bertabur bintang kalah dari tim All-Stars Liga AS pada pertandingan persahabatan yang dimainkan di Portland, Oregon, pada Rabu (Kamis WIB).
Pria Spanyol itu mengabaikan Caleb Porter. Guardiola terlihat marah terhadap sejumlah tekel yang dilakukan para pemain Liga AS ketika juara Jerman itu takluk 1-2, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Guardiola hanya memberi isyarat jabat tangan kepada panel perwasitan dan dengan cepat melaju ke terowongan stadion.
Kejadian itu mengakhiri pertandingan yang sempat diwarnai gol brilian pada babak pertama, yang dibukukan penyerang Polandia Robert Lewandowski untuk membawa Bayern unggul.
Lewandowski, yang pindah ke juara Liga Jerman dari Borussia Dortmund pada bursa transfer musim panas, melepaskan tembakan keras dari luar kotak penalti tanpa mampu dihentikan kiper tim Liga AS Nick Rimando.
Pemain pengganti Bradley Wright-Phillips mencetak gol penyama kedudukan pada menit ke-51 ketika ia meneruskan umpan terobosan, dan melepaskan tembakan kaki kiri menuju sudut jauh dari dari jarak sekitar 20 meter.
Landon Donovan kemudian mencetak gol kemenangan untuk tim All-Stars melalui tembakan kaki kanan dari jarak 10 meter pada menit ke-70.
Sebagian pemain inti Bayern menjadi pemain pengganti pada pertandingan pra musim keenam tim ini.
Pada menit ke-79, empat pemain yang turut membawa Jerman menjuarai Piala Dunia, yakni Bastian Schweinsteiger, Philipp Lahm, Thomas Mueller, dan Mario Goetze, kemudian masuk sebagai pemain pengganti, meski Schweinsteiger meninggalkan lapangan sebelum pertandingan usai setelah mendapat hantaman yang membuat marah Guardiola.
Washington - Pep Guardiola refused to shake hands with counterpart Caleb Porter after his Bayern Munich lost 2-1 to the Major League Soccer All-Stars on Wednesday, apparently upset about some heavy tackling in the game.
Guardiola wagged his finger angrily toward the MLS All-Stars bench as he walked off after the game without the traditional handshake, and ignored Porter when he tried to make contact as the Spanish coach saluted his own players on the field.
The Bayern manager refused to talk about it after the game, simply saying he didn´t see Porter.
During the game, Guardiola complained to the refereeing staff and made gestures toward Porter after a tough tackle by Osvaldo Alonso. Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger then had to leave the game shortly before the end after another hard challenge.
"We certainly didn´t mean anything negative," Porter said. "Our players have nothing but the utmost respect for Bayern.
Landon Donovan scored the winning goal for the MLS team when he downed a cross on his chest in the 70th minute and beat German World Cup goalkeeper Manuel Neuer from about 10 yards out.
Bayern´s new signing Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring with a spectacular volley from the edge of the area early in the first half before Bradley Wright-Philips equalized early in the second.
The Bundesliga champions had seven members of the World Cup-winning German national team, but most of them remained on the bench until about the final 10 minutes.
Bayern coach Pep Guardiola said he was only playing his World Cup players sparingly to freshen them up for the approaching German and European seasons and he was true to his word. None of them started on Wednesday.
