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Pep Guardiolas departure from Barcelona was influenced by his hostile relationship with then-Real Madrid head coach Jose Mourinho, according to Blaugrana defender Gerard Pique.Guardiola won14 trophies including three league titles and two Champions Leagues in a four-year spell at Camp Nou, developing a legendary side featuring academy graduates including Lionel Me si, Xavi, Andres Iniestaand Pique.However, Guardiolas final season at the helm saw the Catalan giants finish second to Robert Hagg Kids Jersey Los Blancos in LaLiga, as Mourinhos side broke the leagues points tally record by earning 100 points in 2011-12, also scoring a yet-to-be-matched 121 league goals. The points tally was equalled by Tito Vilanovas Barcelona in the following season.The two coaches clashed repeatedly after the Portuguese coach arrived at the Santiago Bernabeu in 2010, and Pique believes the rivalry got too much, contributingto Guardiolas decision to leave.We were winning everything at the time and I remember that the first Steve Mason Jersey time Mourinho came to Camp Nou he lost 5-0 against us in November 2010 , Pique told Gary Neville on The Overlap.It was a shock of reality that these guys are going hard, but in the pre s conferences every time he was you know his style, I think that for Guardiola at some point it was too much.It was more important sometimes what happened off the pitch than on the pitch.Guardiola left. Madrid won the league that year and all of a sudden, he decided Brandon Manning Women Jersey to leave for so many reasons, but I am sure part of it was because with Mourinho it got too much.After Guardiolas Manchester City team fell to a stunning 6-5 Champions League semi-final defeat to Real Madrid earlier this month, he is tied with Mourinhoas the two bo ses with themost semi-final eliminations from the competition (six each), while the duoare also the two managers with the most wins in their first 100 Premier League games (both 73). Pique claimed Mourinhos confrontational style also affected relationships between Barcelona and Madrid players in the Spain international set-up, despite the team winning three consecutive major tournaments between 2008 and 2012.Since he arrived, he knew that on the pitch they were weaker than us, Pique said of Mourinhos time with Madrid. We had a better team for sure, and even Flyers Blank Men Jersey the relationships between players were better .I remember going to the national team, and after those games it was tough because Mourinho goes to the mind of the player and he says, These guys hate you, then you believe that.I was in the dre sing room of the national team and said to Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas, Hey Iker, and the guy did not talk to me. At that time, I did not know, but it was the coach, he really knows how to go into the mind.Asked whether Guardiola enjoyed the rivalry with Mourinho, Pique added: I dont think so. I remember the semi-final of the Champions League in the Bernabeu in 2011 , he did an amazing pre s conference, but it was not about football.He enjoys talking Bobby Clarke Kids Jersey about what is happening on the pitch, and here there was a moment where the pre s was focusing on what was happening outside the pitch.