Pep presents the match in the conference: “Walker is out, it’s a shame because he would have been ideal to control Vinicius. We have an immense emotional level, we know what it means to play in this stadium. We didn’t come here to control the match but to try to punish them and score goals.” Live match Tuesday at 9pm on Sky Sport Calcio, Sky Sport 252, Sky Sport 4K and streaming on NOW
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“Walker is out for tomorrow, It’s a shame because it would have been ideal for controlling Vinicius and I would have loved to have it. But he won’t be there and I can’t do anything about it, we’ve had a lot of injuries and I have to find the right solutions and try to get a good result.” Pep Guardiola on the eve of the new Champions League match with Real Madrid, which this time counts for the quarterfinals of the final, he regrets the absence of his defender whose presence would have been, according to the Manchester City manager, fundamental. “Last season we passed, in the first season we went out by a hair’s breadth – says Guardiola again -, the coaches are the same, instead there are new players. We’ll see, however it could be an advantage to play the second leg at home. But first there will be these 90 minutes in Madrid, in which they will be very dangerous. But we have an immense emotional level, we know what it means to play in this stadium.”
“Here not to control but to score goals”
“We also know what awaits us – adds the City coach -, and we know the effectiveness of their transitions with Vinicius, Bellingham and Valverde. But we didn’t come here to control the match but to try to punish them and score goals. Real Madrid knows how to control the ‘assets’ of the match, it’s up to us to find the countermeasures.” Then a joke about the 4-0 that City beat Madrid last year at home, closing the issue of qualifying for the final: “It wasn’t so much Real Madrid that did badly when we did very well. But I don’t think it’s possible to beat Real Madrid like that again. To do it two years in a row is very difficult.”
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Tchouameni in defence, Grealish is there: so Real-City
Rodri: “It’s not just Bellingham, I like Kroos”
Also in the conference with Guardiola was the match winner of the last final, Rodri: “Real are favourites, they always are in the cup, especially when they play at the Bernabeu. We have a lot of people busy with the race in the Premier League, there are many matches , while they, perhaps, have a small advantage (due to the stop for the Copa del Rey, ndr)”. On the two big names on the bench compared: “Ancelotti and Guardiola are two of the best, the most successful. Pep always gives us energy and is our leader.” A special observation above all: “It’s not just Bellingham, I like Kroos, he’s the one who keeps the rhythm of Real’s game. A lot of football passes through his feet.”
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