Pep Guardiola faces his Manchester City This Tuesday is the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals against Bayern by an old acquaintance, Thomas Tuchel, who at the helm of Chelsea left the ‘citizens’ of the Catalan coach without a title in the 2020-21 final (0-1) . In a press conference, Guardiola, measured at Bayernwhich he directed between 2013 and 2016, explained that his club signed Erling Haaland “to win the Champions League and everything else”.
Pep, about finally winning City’s first Champions League
“We want to win the Champions League. Now we have to face an elite club like Bayern Munich. First, we will try this Tuesday. Every year they ask me about winning the Champions League. We try every season but the teams that what we’re facing is also good. We always want to try but that doesn’t mean we’re going to win.”
“Michael Jordan won 6 NBA titles. How many seasons did he play? 16.”
“We have to be perfect to bring a good result to Germany. The important thing is that we are still here.”
About a linesman’s elbow to Andy Robertson
“I heard but I didn’t see. I’m with Bayern and there’s golf.”
On facing Tuchel after losing the Champions League final
“It happened, we rewatched the game a month later and it wasn’t as bad as I thought. We forgot about that and we will try again. Sometimes you win when you deserve to lose. I don’t live in the past. This is part of the game.”
Nagelsmann vs Tuchel as Bayern coach
“They are both creative coaches because of the way they play. It was difficult against Nagelsmann and against Tuchel. I was surprised by Nagelsmann’s dismissal, but I can’t give a real opinion. When a coach is fired and Maganda is next, said people, good decision. When the reverse happens, they miss the former manager.”
By losing the 2021 Champions League final
“I thought a lot about why we lost. No matter how we played, if you lose, you lose. Maybe some decisions were made that were wrong. There are reasons why decisions are made. I don’t give too much credit to how brilliant I was. Sometimes I was right, sometimes I wasn’t.” .
On whether he signed Haaland to win the Champions League
“He (Haaland) is very important to us. He came to help us win the Champions League but at the same time the FA Cup and the Premier. It is important to have a player who can score from nothing. Against Monaco we scored six goals and they eliminated us Against Tottenham, four and away too. We always score goals, generally it’s not our problem”.
In fact he has been at City longer than at Bayern
“(About Barcelona) In my land, in my country, in my club, what a dream, to start as a ball boy and then a coach. When Bayern calls you, you have to go. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime train passed by. I don’t regret it or for a second of what happened there and how they took care of my family. When I arrived here (in the City) I didn’t expect the same, but it’s life, what you plan for the future never it’s normal, I’m here, that’s all.” .
About current Bayern
“They have very creative players, very good attacking players. We have to score goals, it’s a good test for us. As I said before, when you start the game we have to perform at our highest level.”
“Bayern are not built for the second round, they are built to win. If they defend more than normal, it’s because we are doing well. If not well, we’ll defend more than normal. I don’t know what will happen tomorrow.”
Source: La Verdad
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