Guardiola responds to the press about Real Madrid: ‘I’m not afraid’
Manchester City faces Merengues in the second leg of the Champions League, this Wednesday (17)
On the eve of the match against Real Madrid , in the second leg of the quarter-finals of the Champions League , Pep Guardiola , commander of Manchester City , commented, in a press conference, about the Spanish opponent and countered the press when asked if he fears the meringues . The match is scheduled for this Wednesday (17) and the teams will face each other in the knockout stage for the third consecutive season.
– I respect them a lot, but I’m not afraid. Praise because I think so. If you don’t believe me, I say it’s your problem. If they think it’s okay, then it’s okay. If they beat me, as has happened many times, we will congratulate them and best of luck for the future – said Pep.
– We have to be prepared. We will only know who plays or how they play ten minutes before the game. We need to improve some things we weren’t good at in the first game. We have to give them credit, Real Madrid are not just any opponent. But, we have to impose our way of playing as much as possible – added the Cityzens coach.
– If we played against Madrid yesterday, it would be different to tomorrow. No two games are the same, they learned, we learned. Let’s try to do what we have to do. It is what it is, it is difficult. That’s the dream and what we want to achieve – added the Spaniard.
Portuguese midfielder Bernardo Silva was also at the press conference, he commented on the possibility of winning the triple crown again and praised his teammate Kevin De Bruyne , who suffered an illness before the match and, due to his clinical condition, ended up preserved by the coach and did not play in the first match.
– When Kevin is present everything is different because he is one of the best players of our generation. We can’t deny that we’re better with Kevin. It’s a big boost for us to have him back – said Bernardo Silva.
– Let’s do everything we can to get a little closer to this goal. We are happy to be in this position, but now the hardest part begins. In one week, we could lose all three competitions – concluded the Portuguese.
To overcome Los Blancos on Wednesday in Manchester, the English team will have to be “better than in the first leg”, in which the game ended in a 3-3 draw at the Santiago Bernabéu. Guardiola also recalled that they will need “a good mentality and be willing to suffer”.
