Domènec Torrent: what it is really like to be Pep Guardiola’s right-hand man

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Coach who has worked with Guardiola at Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City on training, Foden and Messi

Domènec Torrent has been talking for 90 minutes plus added time, explaining processes and planning, the mechanics that go into every match, the tiny details that decide destinies and the wider shifts in footballing culture, when he picks up the computer screen and twists it. “That?” he says. “That’s the net.” Hanging on the wall behind him at his home near Girona, fully visible now, is a piece cut from the goal at the 2009 Champions League final between Barcelona and Manchester United in Rome. “It’s my daughter’s,” he adds, smiling.

That night ended better than it started. One of Torrent’s roles as Pep Guardiola’s analyst was to help his colleague Carles Planchart prepare a motivational video. Gladiator-themed, scenes from the film cut with footage of every member of the squad, the video was secretly shown to coaching staff the evening before and got a good reaction. But when it came to the players just moments before kick-off, the reaction was a bit too good.

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from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/may/28/domenec-torrent-what-it-is-like-to-be-pep-guardiola-assistant-barcelona-bayern-manchester-city

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