2024-09-03 16:02:32
Pep Guardiola He did not hesitate to congratulate the Real Madrid for the pass to the semi-finals, without making a single complaint to his team, which in his opinion did so to be in the next round.
“I congratulate Madrid for their ability to defend and resist until the end.They did very well and we didn’t score in the final details. I think we played very well in the three games we played here, we didn’t play the same at the Bernabéu. And as a coach I can only ask this of my players, to do this.”
He was asked if the team lacked luck and he replied by quoting Cruyff: “Johan Cruyff said that luck doesn’t exist and I agree. We didn’t score. We did everything to do so, but what a great way to lose than how we did today. You can’t always win. We tried, what more can I ask of the players than to be ourselves? I don’t know what we could have done more.”
He did not want to go into detail about the penalties: “Sometimes you can win on penalties and sometimes you can’t. But in the game we didn’t take advantage of the opportunities we had, even though we defended very well. Everyone played at a high level.”