Pep Guardiola could not hide his discomfort, not to say, his anger at the calendar just over a week before facing the real Madrid in the first leg of the quarterfinals of champions league, the next day 9 at the Bernabéu.
“We play Aston Villa at 20:15, then at 12:30 against Crystal Palace on Saturday, at 12:30! Then we go to Madrid on Tuesday. Madrid have nine days to prepare, nine day “They are playing this weekend and they won’t do it again until our game. I would like to reflect and ask for one more day, because the difference is big. But there’s no chance…” said the city coach
Pep Guardiola He didn’t stop there and went on to say “we play here on Wednesday against Real Madrid in the second leg, so we can play on Saturday or Sunday in the FA. Coventry, United or Chelsea are off during the week. Why should we play on Saturday? Why don’t they give us one more day if the other European teams are not playing? Are we going to fight with the television stations? Their answer is that they pay us a lot of money.”
The truth is that real Madrid He will play tonight against Athletic and won’t play again until April 9 against City. The reason is, next weekend, there will be no match in the First Division due to the final of the Copa del Rey, on Saturday, April 6. So, Real Madrid will have all that time to prepare for City’s visit.
Source: La Verdad
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