2023-05-18 00:12:40
Pep Guardiola had a thorn in it. Since he left Barcelona he had never beaten a Spanish team in the Champions League semifinals. Between 2014 and 2016, with Bayern, he lost consecutively against Real Madrid of the “athletes”, against the Atlético of Simeone and against him Barça of Messi, Neymar, Suarez y Luis Enrique. But he was especially hurt by what happened last year, when he was already claiming victory at the Bernabéu and the comeback of comebacks came. “We have played with the pain of a year that we have had in our stomachs from last season, and we have taken it all out today,” said the Movistar coach. And then he repeated that they had “great energy after so much pain.”
The Catalan coach agreed that before the comeback, in the first leg of 2022, they were able to thrash and they didn’t and then they paid for it. And also the stops Courtois, which were repeated this time, which made the ghost haunt and not breathe until 3-0. “The Ballon d’Or was given to Benzemabut they could also have given it to Courtois”, acknowledged Pep, and gave an explanation. “In the second half we rushed a lot. Gundogan lost a ball, De Bruyne He made three conductions… When what we had to do was the opposite, sink them and turn. But anxiety can, it’s normal. In general we have been very good, “she conceded.
At the gates of a historic triplet
“We are there. This year it has touched us,” he said to finish. “There” is in the final of the only competition that he has resisted since he left the Camp Nou. The question haunted him for a while, if he could “win the Champions League without Messi”, but he was already surpassed and the most relaxed coach for several seasons was seen when they questioned him about it. In Manchester, without the “Orejona”, he is considered almost like a god. He did reach a final, in 2021, and lost it to Tuchel’s Chelsea. This time he is expecting Inter and a year that could be historic, because he is one victory away from winning the Premier (it could be this weekend) and he is also in the FA Cup final, against neighboring United. Guardiola has once again created an almost perfect machine.
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