Pep was the coach of the league champions in the countries that won the last two World Cups and left a lasting legacy on the football in both
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There was some debate on social media in the wake the Lukas Podolski goal which sunk England on Wednesday night.
A Pep Guardiola fan account on Twitter - @GuardiolaTweets – posted the goal as well as the 45 seconds of Germany possession leading up to it with the caption: “German football Culture post Guardiola #ThePepEffect #BuildUp”.
There were 12 passes in the build up to the goal, many of them coming from Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen before a key run by former Guardiola man Joshua Kimmich got the Germans moving quickly up-field.