Pep Guardiola complains in a party of the City

GUARDIOLA COMPLAINED THE CALENDAR

Guardiola, with Setién: "We have not had enough time to prepare ourselves"

Published:16/06/2020 - 20:35h

Updated:16/06/2020 - 20:35h

Pep Guardiola spoke about this return of soccer and made it clear that he believes that the teams have not had as much time as they should to prepare. The Catalan complained about this, just as Quique Setién did a few weeks ago.

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"The team is quite well by the work that have done, but had needed a week more to be really in conditions". Those were the words of Quique Setién does something more than a week when it spoke of this return of the football after the stop. Some criticised to the Cantabrian, but seems that other trainers think exactly the same that he. Pep Guardiola appeared in press conference for the first time in months and commented the same.

In the Premier League, in fact, go to have less time of preparation still that in LaLiga, the Bundesliga or other countries, something that the one of Santpedor regrets. "We know that the time of pre-season that have had is not sufficient, solo three weeks respecto the five or six of other countries, but is the one who is. Have to adapt us, as all the workers of the world", affirmed.

The technician 'cityzen' admitted that his footballers have returned of the stop in shape, but that until it do not see them in action will not know it for sure. "The players have gone back very well. We do not have any complaint, at all. But the form in which we are now, imagine that as all the teams, as we do not know it well of the all", explained. Besides, it referred to the risk of injuries for having trained so little and play with a so tightened calendar.

"Concerned by the risk of injuries? Yes. We will play a lot of parties followed, up to now only have been able to play one of pre-season by like this say it, so it is impossible to be ready. I think that they are not entirely in shape, but we have to adapt us and that the economic damages for the league and all the involved was the possible minor", stood out the ex trainer of the FC Barcelona.

Besides, Guardiola matizó his words of does weeks, when it admitted that it preferred not going back to play this campaign. "When I said that it preferred not playing think that few people expected or could predict the current stage. The reality is that the but important is the health of the people, and at the end the Premier League like other countries has decided that we have to play. And like this we go to do it. We go us to adapt the before possible", aimed.

The Champions is not important now

Finally, the technician of the City spoke of the turn of the eighth of final of Champions against the Real Madrid, that in principle will be in August. The Catalan did not want to wet and preferred to centre in the Premier. "Right now we do not think neither a second in the Madrid or in the Champions. It remains very far. Usually I do not prepare split looking very there. My only worry is the Arsenal and afterwards recover us for the party of the Burnley", finalised.

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