While Paris Saint-Germain will finally get the long-awaited chance for the Champions League title on Sunday, another Sheik-club with Manchester City will have to wait for its possibility. According to defender Oleksandr Zinchenko, coach Pep Guardiola is largely responsible for this.
Zinchenko gave the star coach complicity in the 3-1 defeat a week after the sensational premier class knockout against Olympique Lyon.
The Catalan’s tactics were particularly angry with the 23-year-old Ukrainian who was not used in the game. The fact that Guardiola called up three central defenders, Fernandinho, Eric García and Aymeric Laporte, had damaged the Citizens’ game, Zinchenko rumbled to “sports.ru”.
Many experienced players know that “with this tactic there is always a player missing up front. In the first half, Lyon were very well organized and almost all of the players were behind the ball. We have three central defenders in a static position and the two central midfielders always dropping to get the ball because there are no opportunities to pass. So we have five people who are not in play, “said Zinchenko, criticizing his coach’s tactics.
His team simply needed one more player up front to revive the offensive, explained the defender.
Guardiola not in the cabin after the Champions League?
In a video that his girlfriend Vlada Sedan posted on her YouTube channel, the 23-year-old even added it again and reported Guardiola’s reaction to the sensational defeat.
Zinchenko revealed: “Guardiola didn’t even come into the dressing room and didn’t say a word after the game. What should he say if everything is clear ?!”
In the end, Lyon “wanted it more” than the English runner-up, who went into the Champions League final as one of the big favorites. “On this stage, in these tournaments, the quality of a team is not always decisive – passion, character and things like that are more important,” added Zinchenko.
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