Pep Guardiola, embracing to Kevin Of Bruyne during a party

GUARDIOLA RAILS AGAINST SOCCER BODIES

Pep Guardiola speaks out against the calendar and refers to absent players

Published:16/08/2023 - 11:47h

Updated:16/08/2023 - 11:47h

Manchester City coach, Pep Guardiola, explodes against the soccer calendar. The Spaniard blames these entities for the serious injuries of the players, because for them the show must go on.

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In the previous of the final of the Supercopa of Europe, Pep Guardiola appeared in front of the media. The trainer of the Manchester City took advantage of the opportunity to complain of the so loaded calendar of parties and holds responsible to the same of the grave injuries that have come suffering the footballers. It referred to it sucedido with Thibaut Courtois, Éder Militãor and recently with his player Kevin Of Bruyne, the one who will be of drop several months.

Pep considers that to the entities commissioned to govern the football does not matter them the health of the players, as for them the show has to continue. Even it spoke of the easy that results them find replacements for the lesionados. In the Real Madrid, for example, already ficharon to Kepa Arrizabalaga to substitute to the Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. His statements in the microphone of Ricardo Sierra for Movistar Plus go to give the turn to the world, especially in the world FIFA.

The Catalan technician warned of the danger of the Seville, a team that "when it plays well, wins", signals. Also elogió the resiliencia and the character of the Seville, his rival this Wednesday in the Supercopa of Europe, and said that it is a team that "when it plays well, wins". Pep did not want to speak in the previous press conference to the meeting that will play in Athens on favourites for the party and insisted in his complaints by the tightened of the calendar and the scarce rest of the players.

The Manchester City announced three important drops before receiving to the Seville

The English group announced this sensitive low Tuesdays before playing the Supercopa of Europe. To the already known absence of Kevin of Bruyne, that will not play during several weeks by muscular problems, join the Portuguese Bernardo Silva and Ruben Dias, other two pillars of the eleven that trains Pep Guardiola. Have annoyances and the Catalan technician will not risk them. Yes it recovers the City to another defensive bastion, the English John Stones, that dragged physical problems of which already seems recovered.

For this commitment, Guardiola will have to reform something his defence title and, especially, a centre of the field that will suffer from of the big creativity that provide Of Bruyne and Bernardo, and that also has lost recently to the German midfield player Ilkay Gundogan, that has fichado by the Barça. It is possible that the Croat Mateo Kovacic and Phil Foden or Palmer can accompany to Spanish Rodrigo in the half.

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