Pep Guardiola during Madrid - City (3-1)

HARD DISAPPOINTMENT FOR THE MISTER

Pep Guardiola, dejected: "This is about goals and they scored one more"

Published:5/05/2022 - 02:11h

Updated:5/05/2022 - 02:30h

Pep Guardiola will have to wait one more year to try to win his first Champions League away from FC Barcelona. The Blaugrana coach was very affected by the incredible elimination of his Manchester City against Real Madrid (3-1)

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The Manchester City was clearly upper to the Real Madrid in both parties of the semifinal of the Champions League, but the white group struck in the just moment and finished tracing back of form epic (3-1, 6-5 golbal) to classify to the final of Paris, where expects the Liverpool. "Less in the end, were very brilliant, but this goes of goals and they did one more", resumió the technician in the press conference post party.

For Pep, the 'citizens' did a good party, controlling the formality during the greater part of the time. "We play well, had a very good occasion with Jack (Grealish). It is truth that they gave feeling of danger. They finished with four forwards and Militao", commented the Catalan. The '10' of the City had a very clear on the end, but Ferland Mendy avoided the goal in the 88' on the line; a so much that had sentenced the eliminatory. Afterwards it came the traced back.

"Before the first goal were not suffering a bullying of the Madrid. They have done it many times along the history, but did not feel us overwhelmed. When better played have traced us back", resumió a Guardiola waned, answering almost by inersia in front of the annoyance of the defeat. The English group will have to now focus in the Premier League, where to four days for the end keep an advantage of a point on the Liverpool.

"We have to raise to our players, this happens in the sport. This feeling to be so near to achieve it... Afterwards to put 2-1 put a penalti and finish ", sentenced Pep. Besides, in statements to 'Movistar+', the technician added: "Have the experience to know that we still were not in the final, but were near. They are able to do it, his history says it. Congratulate them, to them and to the Liverpool", manifested.

Second defeat in the Bernabéu and the hardest for Pep

Before the Wednesday, Guardiola only had lost a party like technician in Chamartín. It was with the Bayern Munich in the gone of the semis of the Champions 2013-14 (1-0, goal of Karim Benzema), a key that the Bavarians would finish losing with a global of 5-0 in front of the Madrid of Carlo Ancelotti. Again, the Italian took out the best part and will contest his second final like technical 'merengue' and the fifth of his history.

On I last it of the defeat, Pep commented: "I Have had defeats very hard in Barcelona with Chelsea... We were so near... In this competition is normal. In the second half play better and find us with the good game. Unfortunately, we have not achieved our aim. It cost us go in in the party, is a hard hit and this is normal. It was missing us a cosita in the first-half, do not achieve to give continuity. And in the second part, when we were better, achieve to mark. And afterwards they were these two minutes...", puntualizó the Catalan.

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