2023-04-20 01:21:00
Manchester City coach, Pep Guardiola, believes that any team that wants to win the Champions League title must exclude Real Madrid from the competition, which is the case for his next team to face the royal club in the semi-finals.
Guardiola said in a press conference following City qualified: “I read yesterday that I will play the Champions League semi-finals for the 11th time in the last 13 seasons. Hats off to myself.”
He continued, “All teams have the feeling that if they want to win the Champions League, they have to beat Real Madrid.”
Then he continued, saying: “Before that, it was Barcelona, and now it is Real Madrid.”
Manchester City had qualified for the Champions League semi-finals for the third time in a row, following they drew 1-1 once morest Bayern Munich in the second leg of the quarter-finals on Wednesday.
The Manchester City team had won the first leg by 3 goals, which made Bayern Munich need a semi-miracle.
Norwegian Erling Haaland opened the scoring for Manchester City in the 57th minute, following missing a penalty kick in the first half, while Joshua Kimmich equalized for Bayern from a penalty kick in the 83rd minute.
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