Pep confidant thriving in China's 'crazy' second tier

Sergi Barjuan excelled at Barcelona for nearly a decade, played in two World Cups for Spain and counts Pep Guardiola as a close friend.

No wonder then that it took time getting used to China's second division, where he says that players often lack composure and some pitches are desperately poor.

Known in the soccer world simply as Sergi, the 46-year-old left his family behind last November to become coach of Zhejiang Greentown, which was relegated in 2016.