2023-05-09 22:57:32
Pep Guardiola spoke at a press conference after the draw Manchester City 1 to 1 against Real Madrid for the first leg of the Champions League semifinals and explained that he considered that it was not a game for him to enter Julian Alvarez.
“In the first minutes we were better. Quality is not shown by scoring goals. We have been there and we found the goal when Madrid was playing better. That’s football. Now we know what we have done. We have to find the balance and see if we can attack a bit. Alaba and Rudiger were very close to Haaland and it has not been easy to find a place for him. Maybe we have to adjust something in the second leg. Play with a little more rhythm. We will be more comfortable with our people. Whoever wins will go to the final,” said the Spanish coach.
In addition, he insisted on the match that they completed Alaba and Rudiger and recognized that when Real Madrid applied high pressure, the ball had to be sent to Haaland more directly. And, always, the two defenders of Real Madrid appeared: “The two closed very well. They are fast and good defenders. It was not easy to find him. Andl Madrid has defended very well. It wasn’t easy,” she said.
For Guardiola, the objective of his team now is to “recover” and go “game by game” and he said thathe result (1-1) is good because I was aware that achieving a comprehensive result at the Bernabéu was very difficult.
“I would have liked to win, of course. I didn’t expect to play the game we did, I didn’t expect to win by a big difference. They have the ability to gather you in one area and then go to the other side. It’s hard to counter. The first part we were fine. I didn’t have much of a feeling of scoring a goal if I had that density. I have an idea how to go about adjusting that for the lap. When they come out, we have to make sure they don’t sink us. Vinicius can sink us. We’ll see in the next game,” he said.
Lastly, he referred to why didn’t you make changes and spoke of Julián Álvarez. “I am very happy with the game we played and with the result. I know the team we played against, I saw it last year. I am very, very satisfied with our team. On the return Julián Álvarez may have minutes. There are seven or eight days to see it. Let’s see how we get there. But yes, you can enter at the beginning or at the end. There are players who can change the pace like Foden or Julián. I had the feeling that this was just another midfielder game with Bernardo and Grealish“, held.
*Information: EFE Agency // Photo: Julian Finney/Getty Images
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