After the completion of the players and their brilliance in
the Champions League comes round to the masterminds in the field of coaching review
their experiences in the strongest competition.
Over the years of trying South American coaches succeeded in
finally getting a decent standing in European football and will be a
significant influence growing strongly with the start of the knockout in the
Champions League.
Among the eight clubs will play go round this week there are
three managers from South America.
And Chilean coach Manuel Pellegrini Manchester City will
meet Argentine Gerardo Martino, who leads Barcelona on Tuesday.
Martino said that he was responsible for Barcelona before
the start of the season: "I was always interested in Pellegrini career in
Europe and earlier when he was working as coach in South America."
He added: "He is one of the best coaches in the world,
I'm very happy to confront him in this meeting."
And Atletico Madrid under the leadership of Argentina's
Diego Simeone guest of Milan Wednesday in the tough face of to Seedorf, who
will play his first game as a coach in the tournament which enjoyed a
successful player.
Bayern will play away to Arsenal Wednesday in the same role
for the second season in a row.
The group stage saw one surprise after the departure of
Juventus former European champions at the hands of Galatasaray.
The ten clubs from among 16 teams this year reached the same
stage of the competition last season, while City qualified for the first time
in its history.
It Dominated by clubs of England and Germany on this role
with the presence of four teams from each country, while the three
representatives from Spain to the knockout round.
And Bayer Leverkusen will meet second-placed in Germany at
home to Paris Saint-Germain French champions on Tuesday.
And will be held in four confrontations go round next week
when Olympiakos plays with Manchester United and the English champions Zenit St
Petersburg Russian with Borussia Dortmund and runners-Europe on February 25
this year.
Premiership leader Chelsea will also meet with Galatasaray and
Schalke with Real Madrid on February 26.
The South American players left their mark on European
football for a long time but until recently the coaches faced difficulties in
adapting to, although their record shows that they have the necessary
qualifications.
And Brazilian Carlos Alberto Parreira continued for a few
months with Spanish club Valencia after leading his team to the title of the
1994 World Cup as Argentina's Carlos Bianchi spent two brief periods with AS
Roma and Atletico despite his successes with Boca Juniors and Velez Sarsfield.
As the failure of Argentine Ramon Diaz and Colombian
Francisco Maturana repeat the success in Europe.
But the new generation of South American coaches adapt
better although there is no clear link between the method of training for Pellegrini,
Martino and Simeone.
Former Chilean defender Pellegrini took training five clubs
in the country and then works in Ecuador and Argentina before a strongly etched
his name in five years with Villarreal after he led the team to the semi-final
of the Champions League in 2006.
Martino scored titles and one great coach after leading
Newell's Old Boys to Argentine championships before taking over the leadership
of Barcelona.
Martino took over the training of modest clubs in Argentina
and then led Cerro Porteno and Libertad of Paraguay, which led the squad to
five years to leave a positive impression.
Simeone is best known by his high Spirit combat while in the
stadiums was within the ranks of Atletico, which has changed a lot with the
return of Argentine midfielder to his training at the end of 2011.
Seedorf was born in the former Dutch colony of Suriname and
finished his career with Botafogo Brazilian.
Seedorf Said to Milan site on the Internet, "the
Brazilian league is very different and gave me a lot so that I could face this new
adventure."
Seedorf added, who took over the leadership of Milan in
January: "My experience with Botafogo helped me get ready for this new
task."
He continued: "The match against Atletico will be a
wonderful opportunity to cut a large step forward; we will play our way,
because Milan always has something extra in the Champions League."