The Portuguese Joao Cancelo, Manchester City side, expressed on Tuesday his pride in reaching the final of the Champions League on May 29 in Porto against Chelsea, but stressed that there is no room for self-celebration, but it is essential to win the qualification.
“Playing the final of the Champions League in Portugal is an achievement that fills me with pride, but at this point it is no longer enough to jump onto the pitch, you have to win,” said Cancelo in an interview published by the Italian newspaper “La Gazzetta dello Sport ”.
“With Chelsea it will be a good game. I imagine there will be balance, we will have to fight and suffer ”, continued the Portuguese international.
Cancelo reaches the final after a high-level season, in which he also conquered the Premier League, and recognized the merits of his coach, Spanish Pep Guardiola.
“Guardiola is a perfectionist, very attentive to details. It is a source of information for the players. Working with him means improving day by day. It stimulates you daily, it has endless energies and you should always give your best to keep up with its rhythm, but the results reward the efforts of all of us, “he said.
He surrendered to the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, with whom he has the “privilege” of sharing the Portuguese team and whom he considers “an example of professionalism”, and acknowledged that he would like to finish his career at Benfica.
“I would like to close my career at Benfica, it is the club where I started to play seriously and the club that I am a fan of. One day I hope to wear that shirt again, but now I enjoy Manchester City, “he said.
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