Guardiola: I asked Man City to win the Champions League, but … page all

KOMPAS.com – Coach Manchester City, Pep Guardiola, admitted he had targeted to bring his team the championship Champions League since first managing the camp of The Citizens.

Man City has become a club to be reckoned with in Europe since the conglomerate from the United Arab Emirates bought it, Sheikh Mansour, in 2008.

The Citizens who previously had difficulty competing at the top Premier League has changed drastically.

This is evidenced by the achievement of four trophies Premier League in the last decade, most of the other British teams.

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Unfortunately, the Manchester Blue team always failed the Champions League, the highest competition on the European stage.

Man City’s best achievement in Europe was when he was still being coached by Manuel Pellegrini.

At that time they managed to penetrate the 2015-2016 Champions League semifinals but were eliminated by Real Madrid.

As a result of this failure, Pellegrini was fired by Man City.

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After that, The Citizens appointed Pep Guardiola, who had great experience by bringing Barcelona to the Champions League twice.

Many observers consider Man City to turn to Guardiola so that they can succeed in Europe.

Unfortunately, the tactician who is famous for his tiki-taka game is just stuck bringing Sergio Aguero cs to the quarter-finals.

Regarding The Citizens’ expectations for him, the Spanish coach admitted that his team had targeted him to win the Champions League.

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He conveyed this after bringing Man City to qualify for the 2020-2021 Champions League quarter-finals, Wednesday (17/3/2021) in the morning WIB.

Kevin De Bruyne escaped thanks to a 4-0 aggregate lead over Borussia Monchengladbach in match two leg.

However, Guardiola doesn’t seem to want to worry about the targets he has been given from the start and only wants to focus on match-by-match.

“The first year I arrived here, I was told that we have to win the Champions League,” said Guardiola was quoted by the BBC.

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“I’m not thinking about the semifinals. I’m thinking about match two leg which is good (in the quarter-finals). This is the only thing I’m worried about, “he said.

Although Guardiola has not boasted of winning the Champions League, the proof in Europe is believed by many to always be awaited by his boss, Sheikh Mansour.

The same thing was expressed by the former Man City striker, Paul Dickov.

“The Champions League is the biggest,” said Dickov, as quoted by the same source.

“Since the owners first arrived 10-11 years ago, they have made no secret that the Champions League is the title they want.”

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