Thursday 7 August 2014

Pep Guardiola Refuses to shake Caleb Porter Hand


The MLS All-Star Game ended and, as is normal, All-Star coach Caleb Porter went over to the other bench to shake the other coach's hand. Only Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola was not having any of it.Guardiola was apparently upset about a couple hard tackles earlier in the match, especially one by Osvaldo Alonso. At the final whistle Guardiola wagged his finger to say "no" to Porter then refused the offer of a handshake, also the head coach of the Portland Timbers, because he was unhappy at some of the tackling by the MLS players. Porter followed the Spaniard to the half-way line but ignored him. Guardiola's staff also failed to shake Porter's hand. Taylor Twellman also mentioned there could have been a gentleman's agreement to go easy that Guardiola felt was ignored. He was particularly angered by Alonso's hard challenge on Xherdan Shaqiri. So, when the time came, he refused to shake hands with anyone from MLS and tried to keep his players and staff from doing the same. It all culminated with Caleb Porter following him around like a sad puppy dog with his arm outstretched.

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