“Don’t let Real Madrid trust themselves, we are 13 Champions away, we are going for them”

Pep Guardiola was exultant. Triumph in the Istanbul final and a wall thrown: Manchester City’s first Champions League final finally arrived… and their third, the first away from Barcelona. With Bayern he did not achieve it, with the Etihad he has. In his second final, and the most suffered.

These were his words after the victory:

Message to Real Madrid

“Don’t let Real Madrid get too confident, we are 13 Champions away, we are going for them.”

Don’t let Real Madrid trust us, we are 13 Champions away, we are going for them

Pep Guardiola

Win with City

“Winning with Barça is special, but at Manchester City they have treated me like a son. The work is already done. We have won everything”.

Win or lose

“Revenge? What changes? Do I get wiser? Do I get better? What if Ederson doesn’t save that ball? I’m ugly again. That’s it. It’s not about winning the Champions League, it’s about to always be there. We don’t want to win the Champions League and then disappear. We want to be there for 7-8 years. And then once you win it.”

The Champions

“These competitions are like a coin… in the end we could have tied and gone to extra time and lost, but also could have won more comfortably if Foden had made it 2-0. It was written in the stars, today it was our turn. We did something unique and I’m happy, when we started from favorites before we made disasters.”

It was written in the stars, today it was our turn. We did a unique thing and I’m happy

Pep Guardiola

City’s moment

“We weren’t at our best level. After the World Cup the team stepped up and we were there. It wasn’t our best performance.”

are out of stock

“I don’t have energy to think about next season, it’s impossible. We need a break, it’s too long. Our players have international matches now. UEFA and FIFA, think about it. The Premier League ended two or three weeks ago, now people have to play again. It’s too much. We’ll start from scratch next season. We’re going to celebrate at the hotel with family and friends. Monday is the parade in Manchester. With this competition, the treble was very difficult.”