THE CITY GOES FOR HIS FIRST 'OREJONA'
Pep Guardiola stood up for Barça to humiliate Madrid
Published:18/05/2023 - 00:50h
Updated:18/05/2023 - 00:50h
Pep Guardiola was emotional as few times since his arrival at Manchester City after his team's beating of Real Madrid (4-0). The Catalan coach admitted his hunger for revenge after last season's elimination
The Manchester City crushed to the Real Madrid in the turn of the 'semis' of Champions (4-0), a party that claimed the approach of Pep Guardiola the one who, after the victory, recognised win them that he and his players had to confront to the 'White House' after the hard elimination suffered the past season. Now, the group 'sky blue' goes to by his first 'orejona' in his second final after the attempt fallido in 2021 in front of Chelsea, also with the Catalan in the bench.
"This is the maximum, do a partidazo against the Real Madrid in the semifinals of the Champions. I wanted this draw, because it was so hard the of the past year that had all the energy here... Because it said that these players did not cost, that did not have character.... The level of this team is incredible... Have the feeling that we have played with the pain in the stomach by what happened us", commented Pep.
Guardiola Remembered to the Barça in his celebration
On the other hand, the míster remembered his 'DNA culé' when claiming to his team for arriving, year after year, to the decisive instances of the Champions. "It can not win always and the important is to try it. And some day touches. And if we arrive to the final, as some year will win it. I am culé, all know it, and the Barça lost three finals before winning it. The important is to be here", said the technician 'sky blue'.
Pep Guardiola, in direct:
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"We have had the just energy after so much so much pain during a year".
"If they had given him the Balloon of Gold to @thibautcourtois the year happened also had been deserved". #LaCasaDelFútbol #UCL pic.twitter.com/izs6ckrfpx
On the party, Pep left clear which was his plan to take advantage of the localía. "It was a party to sink them and turn them, but at the end even there have been a lot of careers. I do not know what has happened, but at the end have done the third...". Besides, it added: "I said Them, you want to play against the Inter? As then it is necessary to win to the Madrid. And they went out to win to the Madrid". At the end, the City fulfilled with the prognosis and crushed to a Madrid desdibujado and without variants.
Pep defended to Ancelotti after the goleada
When valuing the classification to the final of the Champions for the second time in the last three years, Guardiola took advantage of to defend the work made by Carlo Ancelotti in the 'White House'. "I do not have the so high expectations as to want to win the Champions every year... If you think that I go to think that Carlo is a bad trainer or that the Madrid is a bad team, as it is sew yours".
In this sense, remembered it sucedido in the turn of the 'semis' the previous season. "The football is like this. It does a year, Mendy takes it out on the line and Courtois clears with the swearwords. And this year, the Madrid had 15 minutes that surpassed us clearly and that if it puts 2-0, trace them back in the Bernabéu! We take out a result cojonudo with the tie, as they did it does a year":
