2023-10-21 08:28:10
MANCHESTER.- This Saturday, October 21, at the City of Manchester Stadium, the City of Pep Guardiola, current champion of Europe and the Premier League, receives Brighton in the best duel of matchday 9 of the English league. And the Los Ciudadanos coach spoke before the match, where they asked him who he would give the Ballon d’Or to, Erling Haaland or Lionel Messi.
“I already said that the Ballon d’Or should have two sections. One for Messi… and another that Haaland should win. We won the treble and Erling scored a million goals, but Messi’s worst season is the best for the rest of the players,” warned the former Bayern and Barcelona coach.
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To then expand his concept: “They both deserve it. To tell the truth, I want Haaland to win it because he helped us achieve everything we achieved. I would love to, but Messi won the World Cup. It is good for the award that there are such good contenders,” he stated.
Obviously, he also spoke about his team’s next commitment: “We don’t play in a similar way to Brighton. They play in a unique way. There are some common patterns: aggressiveness without the ball, high pressing, wanting the ball. But what they do, they do it in a unique way,” he analyzed.
The City coach also referred to Rodri’s return after three games due to his expulsion for a straight red card: “He is a very important player, but he has to learn to control his emotions and I am sure he will do so.”
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