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Barcelona won two Champions Leagues under Pep Guardiola only because of Lionel Messi’s brilliance, according to former Bayern Munich boss Felix Magath.

The Catalans won their maiden treble of La Liga, Copa del Rey and Champions League trophies in 2008-09, which was Guardiola’s first season in charge.

They conquered Europe again two years later, again beating Manchester United in the final, to mark one of the finest periods in the club’s history.

Magath has called Guardiola’s possession-based system into question, suggesting it worked at Barca “solely because of Lionel Messi, who can decide a game out of nowhere”.

“Messi won the titles, not Guardiola,” he told Sport Bild. “Without Messi, this system has never worked as successfully for Guardiola, otherwise he would have won the Champions League with Bayern or Manchester City long ago.

“Tiki-taka only works if you have players who are technically superior to their opponents. For the spectator, holding the ball, as I call it, is just boring and a top team doesn’t really need it.

“In my opinion, Guardiola generally too often gets lost in trying to win a game in advance. That tactic often ends in wrong decisions, which prevent success.”

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