Pep Guardiola sharpens the new Bernabéu: "It turned out nice… now they just need to take care of the grass"

Pep Guardiola and Carlo Ancelotti starred in a true tactical battle this Tuesday that ended with a great game at the Santiago Bernabéu between Real Madrid and Manchester City. This is how the Catalan coach analyzed it in a post-match that he took advantage of to send a message to Florentino, whom he urged to improve the condition of the grass.

“I like to see the sky, really,” he said when asked in the mixed zone about the experience of playing under the new roof of the Real Madrid stadium, before acknowledging that “the stadium has been impressive” after the remodeling. .

Of course, the Catalan took the opportunity to highlight a defect, the grass, which was not at all as usual in a white fiefdom. “They only have to take care of the grass, Florentino only has to worry about completing the next step and making a good field like Madrid had always had.”

Later, Guardiola qualified his words at a press conference. “I don’t want Madrid to take it the wrong way (…) I’ve always remembered it as a carpet, perfect, it’s always been like that. I guess they’ll fix it,” he added.

Madrid’s transitions, a ‘toothache’

In addition to the note on the pitch, Pep stressed the complexity of controlling Real Madrid’s transitions, the true tactical key to a match turned into a rain of goals (3-3).

“In the end you are worried all day about controlling Real Madrid’s transitions… but it is impossible. We have had many losses of very reliable players with the ball and the game has opened up,” he analyzed a week before the dispute of the second leg at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester.

Pay attention to Pep Guardiola’s response about the roof of the Santiago Bernabéu:

💥 “Now they only have to improve the grass: Florentino only has to worry about making a good field.” #LaCasaDelFútbol #UCL pic.twitter.com/DZ6dUVdMiN

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2024-04-09 21:51:47
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