The sixth visit of Pep Guardiola al Santiago Bernabu in Champions League displayed as much tension as the previous ones. WHO. The one of Saint Peter He is one of the great football enemies of the fans of Chamartinwho dedicated songs to him both at the arrival of the bus from Manchester City like during the match, full of intensity and goals. The best match of the season in European football resulted in a extraordinary tie for the neutral spectator and suffered for the Madrid player, who came back and found himself coming back.
Madrid had in its power to inflict on Guardiola his third defeat in the white fiefdom in continental competition, City’s first since December 6, but the goals of Foden and Guardiol They maintained the love affair between Santpedor and the White House.
“It’s the Bernabu, ‘my friend‘”, the coach responded to an English journalist who asked him if he felt bad about the result. “You are English and you don’t know it like I do. Believe me, this stadium is special, you think the game is over and no, it is never over,” he admitted in the press room.
50% success in Castellana for Guardiola, who won with him Only in the 2011 sowing and with City in the round of 16 in 2020. Last year, in his last step to the Bernabu Lawn, earned a draw that fueled the Etihad’s victory. Precisely the grass was the protagonist of one of Guardiola’s requests to Florentino. “I have asked him, yes. My players told me it was wrong., but don’t take it the wrong way. The field is spectacular, the locker rooms, everything… It is a spectacular work. “But Madrid has always had an incredible grass, today it wasn’t like that, but I’m sure they will fix it.”
The new classic of European footballas the coach himself defined it in the previous one, left the outcome of this season’s battle for the return in Manchester, but it reflected the equality between both teams and how much they know each other. There are four qualifying rounds since 2020. We already know each other very welladmitted Rodri on Monday.
The early goal of Bernard Silva It put fear into the Bernabu, with almost all the fans in white at the request of the players, who sent messages on their social networks during the previous days. But the many of Camavinga y Rodrygo They encouraged the public and unnerved Guardiola, angry at his team’s turnovers.
That of Santpedor He couldn’t count on Walker or Akboth injured, and at the last minute he saw how De Bruyne He found himself indisposed to fight the duel. We had a meeting and he was not feeling well. “I think he vomited in the locker room,” he explained before the game. The Belgian’s loss joined that of Ederson, the starting goalkeeper who was ready for the clash but whom Guardiola decided to leave on the bench for Ortega.
The casualties left him with no options. He turned to Akanji and organized his defense with Stones, Ruben Dias and Gvardiol. In the middle, without De Bruyne, I opted for Kovacic to accompany Rodri, Grealish, Silva and Foden, with Haaland up top.
Madrid’s comeback made him change his mind and raised Stones to the center of the field to gain superiority, leaving only three center backs. He had possession, and although Madrid hurt him on the counterattack, the talent of his team put him ahead before Valverde equalized the duel.
The party tension, with Madrid protesting several uncalled fouls, did not find him as a protagonist, although on some occasions he raised his hands in a sign of indifference. The new classic is not like the ones that Barça lived in, but they are classics.
2024-04-09 21:46:16
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