2023-08-16 18:46:40
The treble season is over, Manchester City is back “at the foot of the mountain” after its historic summit attempt, according to Pep Guardiola – his team can add a fourth title to the last season.
On Wednesday (from 9 p.m. in LIVETICKER) the Champions League winner will play in the UEFA Supercup, opponents in Piraeus are Sevilla FC. “They know how to be successful in European competitions,” says Guardiola about the Spaniards, “that will be a good Supercup final.”
The fact that City is the favorite is clear from the history of this comparison between the winners of the Champions League and the Europa League: in the past ten years, the winner of the premier class has prevailed nine times.
However, Guardiola does not only have to do without Ilkay Gündogan, who left Manchester for FC Barcelona after the most successful season in the club’s history. Kevin De Bruyne is also missing – again. The Belgian had to leave early in the Champions League final against Inter Milan (1-0) in June due to a hamstring injury.
Now De Bruyne has problems in the same place and is not in the squad for the Supercup. The injury is even worse than first thought. Instead of a few weeks, the 32-year-old will be missing “a few months”, Guardiola announced on Tuesday. He will be replaced by talent Cole Palmer.
So Erling Haaland and Co. have to fix it without the playmaker, the Citizens’ first triple season could become the first quadruple season.
Incidentally, that would not be a first for Guardiola: with Barcelona in 2009 he even won all six national and international titles in a season.
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