Pep Guardiola, manager of Manchester City, He assured this Monday, at the press conference before tomorrow’s visit to Santiago Bernabeuin the first leg of the quarterfinals of champion, that “beating Real Madrid twice in a row is practically impossible. They have learned, they are proud,” he added about the knockout suffered by the whites last season in the semifinals against the ‘citizen’ team, after a 1-1 draw in the merengue coliseum.and of sound 4-0 at the Etihad.
“Last season we won and two years ago they eliminated us. It is becoming a classic. Return is home, a place where we feel strong and confident. There are many parties within the same party. They are very dangerous. Everyone knows how strong they are in transitions. You can’t control the game alone, you have to try to hurt them. We are talking about Real Madrid, which controls many aspects of the game. We will try to impose our style,” said the Santpedor native.
Guardiola is the coach who has been successful from the Bernabéu the most times (6), a visit he now considers routine. “It’s not the first time. We’ve been here many times. These fields are always special, but we’re used to it. Just like the Allianz, Old Trafford and these types of top fields”.
Guardiola disagreed with Ancelotti, who said Real Madrid played last season without personality at the Etihad. ”I would not agree with Carlo, whom I greatly admire. But I have experience about Real Madrid. In that match (4-0 at the Etihad) we were better than them, but not because they had no personality. It’s not that they didn’t do anything, we’re just better,” he stressed.
About that phrase ‘Pep is a great coach and Carlo, a great manager’, Guardiola did not hesitate to praise Ancelotti’s figure. “There are millions of factors that make one or another a good coach. Being a manager is not easy. The qualities of a coach are not just a matter of tactics. You need to know how to manage and Ancelotti is not a bad coach tactically. “Don’t believe it because in Manchester we have a very high opinion of what it is.”
“I like this business, I’m happy”
Pep made sure of that “To win the Champions League you have to beat Real Madrid, PSG, etc…”while admitting that “I like this business, I have a good time and they pay me well. The day that doesn’t happen, I’ll go home.” The Catalan coach also commented that “I’m not the same guy from Barça. I learned a lot from different leagues, though “The influence of Barça is very good,” he admitted.
Regarding the significant casualties in the defense of the City, the case of Aké and especially of Walker, the so-called ‘anti Vinicius’, Guardiola said the latter was “a huge loss. We will play with eleven and try to adapt to get a good result for the second leg.”
Pep assured that the emotional aspect was key to Real Madrid’s exit from the Champions League last season. “We had just lost a final, from falling in the semi-finals the way we fell. We had it very much in mind. Tomorrow I know it will be different. Carlo will have looked for alternatives. We are missing pieces, we will .we have to find what we can do. The first matches are different from the return matches.. In the first game there was more speculation. “We will speculate as little as possible,” he said.
About the Englishman’s first and promising season Jude Bellingham At Real Madrid, Pep described him as “incredible”, noting that “he is only 20 years old and has a great career ahead of him”.
Source: La Verdad
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