With a goal from Julián Álvarez, Manchester City thrashed 4-0 at Real Madrid in England and will play an unprecedented final of Champions League against him Inter by Lautaro Martínez and Joaquín Correa, in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 10. after the match, Mauricio Macri was part of the intimate celebration of the Citizens and took several photos with the coach Pep Guardiola.
The former president of Boca and the Argentine Nation, attended the Etihad Stadium invited by Khaledoon Al Mubarak, president of the Citizens. After the meeting, he participated in an intimate celebration. In the images of it, the current leader of the FIFA Foundation was shown wearing a scarf from the British team and making the “four” with his fingers, along with the other members of the meeting, in reference to the result of the second leg in the semifinal against the meringue.
In one of the photos Mauricio can also be seen posing alone with the Catalan strategist and in another with the Saudi businessman, all chatting. It should be noted that the images were shared by Macri himself through his personal Twitter account. “4!!! Congratulations@ManCity, Pep and Khaldoon Al Mubarak.”wrote the Argentine politician in the post.
Pep Guardiola’s statements at a press conference
“I think the pain we had last year was there. The energy that we’ve had for a year being criticized has been there. Today they have had the reward they deserve. We have played with the pain of taking a whole year of elimination last year. I have had the feeling that we have had that very present and today it came out. We have removed everything. Sport always gives you a second chance, it always gives you revenge,” said the Citizens coach after qualifying for the final of the continental competition.
In turn, he also showed his happiness for leaving Merengue on the road and showed caution before the label of candidate that his team has for the duel against Inter. «I don’t have such high expectations as to think that I will always win the Champions League. The times that I have lost is it because the others are bad? The rivals also play. They say that City played poorly at the Bernabéu, and why don’t we say that Madrid played well? You can not always win. The best thing is to take the team to the final rounds and if you are often there and play finals, one day you win it, “he commented.
