article_snippet.sent: The Bayern Munich boss gives instructions to Frank Rijkaard at a training session on Tuesday .
article_snippet.sent: It sounds like Sam Allardyce, but those are the words of the great high priest of possession football as reported by Marti Perarnau in Marti Perarnau book Pep Confidential.
article_snippet.sent: Jose Mourinho may never have won the trophy with Chelsea but
article_snippet.sent: Jose Mourinho transformed their approach and arguably provided the foundations for the 2008 final and the remarkable 2012 win.
article_snippet.sent: Rafael Benitez was an extraordinary force, the Diego Simeone of that era, regularly out-witting Mourinho and taking a relatively normal Liverpool team to two finals.
article_snippet.sent: Guus Hiddink engineered a fine run to the semi finals building on the work of Jose Mourinho.
article_snippet.sent: Rising to the challenge of Jose Mourinho and Benitez, Sir Alex Ferguson was tactically at Sir Alex Ferguson peak in that period, playing without a recognised centre foward at times in 2008 before Jose Mourinho and others made it fashionable.
article_snippet.sent: Benitez, Mourinho, Hiddink provided that and Sir Alex Ferguson responded.
article_snippet.sent: When Jurgen Klinsmann spoke about the tactical revolution Jurgen Klinsmann was attempting to forge in Germany in 2006 - a style of play which has since evolved at Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich - Jurgen Klinsmann explicitly referenced the Premier League and the Premier League pace.
article_snippet.sent: Jurgen Klinsmann recognised that continental Europe had fallen behind.